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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1946
Page
4
The piece notes Navy plans a new germ spray and officials may guard against its release in Washington while editors say Indians avoid Washington amid fears Congress may reclaim the country. It also casts doubt on Governor Arnall’s busy schedule and reports a Montgomery grocery scare before a railroad strike settlement.
In a blistering column Westbrook Pegler denounces the Wagner act and U S railroad union power arguing the law enables coercive strikes and that proposed reforms would curb corrupt practices. He cites Roosevelt Truman and union leaders, warns of secondary boycotts and criminal influence within unions while defending strong restraint on labor.
Montgomery May 28 A clemency hearing for Ladies Joe Mencey a year old inmate under death sentence has been set for June 13 by Gov Chauncey Sparks. If commutation fails he faces the electric chair on June 14 for the murder of Jimmy John Hansen in Troy.
A Washington analysis questions biased Spanish history and current propaganda about Franco's Spain. It notes leftist factions won a dictatorial 73 percent and that German and Russian involvement shaped the war, while refugees fled to France. The piece argues the core issue is a lack of real democrats in Spain rather than simple opposition to Franco.
Premier Lloyd George sent an ultimatum to coal miners and mine owners urging agreement or compulsory arbitration by Parliament. Ed Summers returns from New Orleans. Hugh Clemmons leaves People's Drug to open a pressing shop in Tuscumbia. J. C. Jones to Birmingham tomorrow. Little Mary Louise Shelton recovering after tonsillectomy. Mrs. Joe Bradley Sr. and Jr. guests for Katcha-Koo. Miss Helen McCoy and Elizabeth Ottwell visiting Miss Agnes Cassells in Cullman.
In Morgan County Alabama Elvin Scott sues Margrett Scott. The court requires publication once weekly for four weeks in Decatur Daily. Margrett Scott, non-resident over 21 with unknown address, must plead by June 14 1946 or the bill may be confessed. Session May 14 1946. MARVIN WESR, Register. May 14 21 28 June 4.
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes a mix of cultural tidbits and gossip from 1946. The column mentions Booth Tarkington’s early wages, Dorothy Thompson, Louis Fisher, Oswald Villard, and a feud between James T Farrell and Sterling North among other items. It mentions atom bomb concerns, OPA price controls, and media figures like Joan Blondell Arturo Godfrey Benny Allen and Cholly McCarthy in a brisk, gossip tone.
The Funnies writers Alex Woollcott and Heywood Broun walked out of a failing show. Broun teased him from his row A seat about taking a flower from a bouquet on stage. Percy Hammond critiqued the big show as a historic audience stage fright moment.
The piece reviews The First Nights on Broadway praising Annie Get Your Gun and Ethel Merman while noting Rodgers and Hammerstein’s tax-mint status. It cites Ward Morehouse calling Swan Song only fair, O V Company’s late repertory success, and Belasco’s This Too Shall Pass as winning battles against bigots. It also mentions The Magic Lanterns Do You Love Me and various film notes, ending with media musings and politics handbooks.
The column mocks critics who attack labor leader John L. Lewis and compare hopes for action against labor tyrants to past outrage over government moves against industrialists. It recalls Sewall Avery and denounces inconsistent public stance on government interference.
Author Somerset Maugham notes that all material, from newspapers to street encounters, can become fiction or drama. He emphasizes daily grinding of ideas into stories or plays rather than waiting for rare opportunities.
A collage of quips from O. Henry Beth Brown Phil Baker and Mark Twain among others. The lines touch on fidelity discretion aspirations and irony with vivid images of women in skyscrapers or a writer at a typewriter.
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