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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy outlook with little temperature change and light to moderate coastal winds. Local reports show a high of 77 and a low of 58. Several Navy discharge notices and wartime updates on residents’ service and invasions are listed, alongside church and school event postponements and local visits.
The GI gripe board led by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle urged abolishing the terms officer and enlisted man and adopting the word soldiers for all. It proposed merit based officer promotions, retirement for all ranks, sliding scale allowances, universal clothing, and stronger leadership to reduce social barriers within the Army.
United States delegate John G Winant told the U N Economic and Social Council that the U S firmly supports establishing a world health organization as the council begins work on the June 19 international health conference in New York. The Iran case looms on the Security Council agenda with possible vote to drop it pending further developments.
Foster H. Pointer of 609 Ferry Street is resting at home after a fall near the Lake bridge on U S 31 North a mile from Decatur. He slipped on rocks, breaking his left arm. doctors say it is not serious but will require six weeks in splints. The fishing party included Mr and Mrs E B Garner Walton Yarbrough and Ann Blair Garner.
Walter M. Jackson newly elected Decatur public schools superintendent will deliver the commencement address to the senior high class at 8 p m tonight in Riverside auditorium. He succeeds Dr H C Pannell who died after a brief illness.
Dr Henry Clifton Pannell 48 former interim state superintendent nominee died after a short illness in Tuscaloosa Veterans Hospital. Funeral at Calvary Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park. He led university and school roles and served as Alabama Education Association president. Surviving spouse Anne Gary Pannell and three brothers. Governor Sparks had named him interim starting July 1.
The Alabama supreme court may decide this week whether Decatur should adopt a commission form of government or retain the aldermanic system. The case is before the high court, which typically renders decisions on Thursdays during its sessions.
Washington reports the government and United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis failed to end the soft coal strike. A new three o'clock session was planned as troops stood ready and federal officials weighed stern measures to keep mines running.
President Truman seeks emergency powers to draft strikers while Congress debates full-year vs five-month extensions. Senate favors a one-year extension with only fathers exempt, while House passes a five-month draft holiday ending October 15 with inductions limited to ages 20 to 29. The stalemate pushes a stop-gap extension to meet the May 15 deadline.
National Democratic Chairman Ro bert Hannegan condemned Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen leader A F Whitney for threatening to use the union treasury to defeat President Truman. Whitney boasted of a 47 million fund while pledging to back a 2 1/2 million effort against key lawmakers.
A pencil message scrawled on four stickers was pasted on the front door of Mrs. A. J. Harris at 520 Line Street. The Harris family believes a child staged the act and handed the note to J. B. Whitmire for investigation.
President Truman urged governors to work together to maintain government authority at the National Conference of Governors opening session. He spoke by telegram from Washington due to rail and coal disruptions, stressing national state and local unity amid reconversion and war-debt challenges.
Alabama coal fields show no mining as 23,000 union miners abstain during a 12 day truce called by John L. Lewis. Production at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad fell to about 44 percent. UMWA district says it cannot advise or intervene. By Saturday only about 500 workers remained on duty.
Senator Bankhead of Alabama shown some improvement after a light stroke suffered at the capitol. His condition remains serious as he receives treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland where he, 73, is hospitalized and monitored.
Molotov denounces the United States and Britain, saying no summer agreement exists among the four powers. He vows Russia will not yield to pressure and criticizes postwar diplomacy as an attempt to split broader peace efforts via threats. He accuses Western capitals of seeking dominance.
AFL President William Green denounces Truman’s strike labor draft as slave labor under fascism and vows to resist the bill as it moves through Congress. Senate leaders explain provisions, while Republicans press amendments and Democrats hint at cross-party edits to the measure.
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