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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1949

Page

3

Senator From Kentucky Backs Labor Bill Amendments

Senator Withers predicts tough sailing for the Taft-Hartley bill despite proposing five amendments. He seeks presidential power to seize struck plants in emergencies and affidavits from labor and management, plus protections for free speech, good faith bargaining, and union financial disclosures. The Senate may begin debate this week as Republicans push a 28-change substitute while the administration favors a Wagner act revision.

Washington Withers Sensite Labor Committee Senate Taft Ohio Donnell Smith N.J Truman House Senate Labor Committee Kentucky

Mrs O Neill Dies in New Orleans Widow of Judge

Mrs Michael O Neill 75 widow of Judge Michael O Neill died yesterday in New Orleans She was mother to Rev Laurence M O Neill S J president of Jesuit high school New Orleans C Stewart O Neill press at Casteleiro Steamship Co Mobile J Carroll O Neill vice president of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern railroad Mobile and Mrs Kathleen Owen of San Francisco Her body to be sent to Mobile for burial after funeral services today

New Orleans Michael O'Neill Laurence M. O'Neill S. J Jesuit High School C. Stewart O'Neill Casteleiro Steamship Company Mobile Ala J. Carroll O'Neill Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Kathleen Owen San Francisco Calif

Fewer Than 35 Whooping Cranes Remain Worldwide

Conservationists warn the global population of whooping cranes may be under 35 individuals. Efforts focus on habitat protection and breeding programs to avert extinction.

DAILY CROSSWORD AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE NOTES

A numbered crossword clue list spans across and down entries with many definitions and letterplay. The daily cryptoquote presents a substitution cipher puzzle with a sample quotation and a Saturday hint.

England Leveling Off Amid Tax Pressures and Social Shifts

The piece argues Conservative losses in British county elections reflect local factors and oppose socialist nationalization plans. It notes heavy death duties eroding landowning wealth, Cripps cites income declines over 5,000 pounds, and nobility like Mountbatten face tax-driven income reductions while heritage still binds capital.

Britain England Stafford Cripps Commons Burke's Peerage Royarty Norman Hamilton Pringle Worcester John Henry Dunn London Barnsley Earl Mountbatten Mountbatten Queen Victoria India Countess Mountbatten House of Lords

Pre-Inaugural Flight by Southern Airways Tour

City officials and news papermen from three Southern states joined a Birmingham pre inaugural flight for Southern Airways. Operations begin June 10 with one daily round trip from Atlanta to Gadsden Birmingham Tuscaloosa Columbus Miss and Memphis led by mayors Meighan Hartsfield Hairston.

Birmingham Ala Southern Airways Atlanta Gadsden Tuscaloosa Columbus Miss Memphis Herbert C. Meighan William B. Hartsfield William G. Hairston

Britain grows oil rich peas in East Africa to aid fats shortage

Britain launches a large project in East Africa to cultivate oil rich pea nuts as a response to global fats shortages. The program aims to increase edible oil supplies by leveraging regional agricultural capacity and new farming techniques.

Britain East Africa

Only 68 Confederate And Union Vets Left

HAL BOYLE notes Memorial Day marks the fading of Civil War veterans as Life magazine lists 30 Union and 38 Confederate survivors. He cites astronomical costs, prison deaths, and long-term South costs, arguing the nation moves toward reconciliation while bearing deep scars.

Hal Boyle New York Lee Grant Appromattox Life Magazine Veterans Administration South Woodrow Wilson Germany American South

Couple Fight Ends With Husband Shot in Birmingham

In Birmingham on May 20 a 56 year old man, Paul Sims, was shot four times after a domestic dispute at a rooming house. His wife, 48, claimed she shot him following a chair beating. she and Paul Sims face assault with intent to murder charges. She was jailed after treatment for scalp lacerations. Sims remained in critical condition. authorities note the couple had been separated and co-managed the rooming house. The article ends noting Galileo's 1608 telescope creation.

Birmingham Ala Paul Sims Sims Casper Weeks E. M. Goodwin

Decoration Day reflections and memories across the nation

A collection of verses and commemorations on Decoration Day honoring fallen and living heroes. Includes reflections by Maud Courtney Waddell and Mae Smith, with light humor and country humor bits interspersed with poems and notices.

Mae Smith Dwyer

Under New Management in a Village Store

A village notices a shop with the sign Under New Management while keeping the owner at the counter. A witty exchange reveals locals misread the sign as new owners, and the owner jokes about marriage. A Chinese Life Insurance Company memo hints at unpaid premiums and ancestral concerns.

Jones Inquirer

Like Attracts Like and the Mind's Law of Attraction

A reflective passage compares magnetic attraction to mental states. It asserts that thoughts shape outcomes, claiming that thinking hate breeds hate and thinking defeat hinders victory, using boyhood magnet-play as a metaphor.

Vic

Family Holds Burlap Item in Hidden Context

A reference notes an honorable family holding a burlap object rather than a company, implying a personal or ceremonial ownership. The fragment hints at a distinction between family status and corporate identity in the scene.

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