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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1946
Page
1
Local notices report Memorial Day closures for post offices and price offices. Bank and school operations adjust with Jefferson Davis birthday and Memorial Day observances. Community updates include personnel moves, military discharges, and local travel notes across Decatur Huntsville and nearby areas.
The house approved the senate version of the Case strike control bill and sent it to President Truman. Key provisions include a 60 day cooling off period, a federal mediation board, civil suits for breach of contract, bans on violence and secondary boycotts, and limits on unionizing supervisory workers.
A special Morgan County Board of Health meeting is set for 5:00 PM at the health center to discuss precautionary measures against infantile paralysis amid cases in neighboring counties. Dr. A J Dinsmore says no Morgan cases yet and invites the mayor, city officials, civic groups, and interested citizens. Dr. F L Chenault requests Morgan chapter National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis members attend for reorganization and related business.
The South Carolina Democratic Party declared primaries are governed by a private voluntary association and not by state or court rulings. A rules committee said membership is limited to white Democrats over 18, and that preferential primaries are not bound by state law. The statement follows a pre election enrollment push amid competing groups and prior legal changes.
Florence Alabama May 29 with 16 cases of polio reported doctors weigh further bans on gatherings as new cases rise. Three more cases diagnosed yesterday led the board of education to close schools. Children under 15 barred from theaters and the Tri Cities Girl Scout camp near Pickwick Dam was cancelled. Only two adults among the six cases. Most patients treated at a polio clinic at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital.
Approximately 125 youths from nearly every Alabama county will gather in Montgomery for the annual Boys State program beginning Friday. The event brings together young participants to simulate state government and civic processes.
Flooded areas from four days of heavy rain inundated communities in Pennsylvania and New York. Nine people drowned, four missing as Susquehanna waters surged through Williamsport and Elmira. Williamsport suffers $1.5 million in damage, Bradford reports over $1 million losses.
The No-Safety Council reports 2,650 traffic deaths in April, up 47 percent from the same month last year, reflecting a sharp increase in fatalities across the country.
Agriculture Commissioner Joe Poole said there was a tentative agreement with James E. Folsom and Elbert Boozer that any of them in the Democratic runoff would receive support from the other two. He called the deal nonbinding and noted he would vote for Folsom.
Secretary of State Byrnes told Congress the United States will seek limitation of arms among nations while backing a broad military cooperation program with American republics. He said details are pending but aims to deter arms races and align Western equipment standards for joint defense.
Secretary of War Patterson called the manpower situation deplorable as 18 and 19 year olds are exempted and only 4 years of fighting may be jeopardized. He urged governors to act before the July 1 draft expiry and said the army will not press for conscription if volunteers meet needs.
A Cullman grand jury investigates bribery and ballot irregularities in the May 7 Democratic primary. Circuit Judge Crow ordered all ballots impounded in Leeth National Bank vault. The petition cites bribery attempts and altered or miscounted ballots. Houston county indictments linked to pre election registration irregularities also noted.
Miss Aliene Tudor of 1106 Cypress Street suffered a gash on her right leg and minor arm cuts in a motorcycle accident on the Courtland highway near the pumping station last night around 9 30. She was treated at Decatur General Hospital and released.
A Montgomery police report describes a robbery at a wholesale bakery where Captain M Stanley was forced at gunpoint to sell two loaves of bread in a new car. The incident involved a bread shipment and raised questions about security at the bakery.
Diplomatic activity surrounds a stalled coal strike as UMW leaders Lewis Krug and Wheeler shuttle between union headquarters and the White House. Officials report progress on a contract including a 45 hour five day week and higher wages with health and welfare provisions in draft form.
The threatened maritime strike was given top billing in the government effort to resolve major labor disputes. Secretary of Labor Schweellenbach urged shipowners and maritime union chiefs to meet at 2 p.m. EST to prevent a shipping tieup.
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