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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1950
Page
4
The article notes boll weevils survived last winter in North Alabama and that hot dry weather through June will reduce losses. Farmers are urged to obtain poison and equipment now as emergency measures, with Auburn advising later use as preventive insurance against costly damage.
The Daily reports weekly driving license test results from Limestone and Morgan counties to educate readers about driving weaknesses. It encourages all drivers to read the state Public Safety driving manual, stressing shared responsibility for traffic safety beyond police enforcement.
The piece notes record numbers of graduates from high schools and colleges, asserts there is always room at the top for intelligent determined workers, and warns there are no shortcuts to success. It stresses graduates have already succeeded by preparing themselves and must combine effort with loyalty to duty.
Paschal Roberts, a Nashville teller, claims a masked man stole 25 400 from his bank cage while others were at lunch. The FBI has not proven robbery. Roberts was released for lack of sufficient evidence and faces possible grand jury action.
A Washington look at postwar policy reveals opposition to MacArthur’s Japan plan, Turkish reaction to U S diplomacy, a Senate sex probe tied to the Soviet embassy, and proposed moves to organize democracy with a wartime style staff. Navy guided missiles and a push for a permanent congressional investigative force are also noted.
President Truman vows to veto any tax bill that reduces net government revenue, signaling no tax relief this year. Vice President Barkley signs a boy’s necktie after the youngster sought an autograph, and Henry Wallace notes the progressive party may die if it cannot purge communists. Economists warn rent control removal could trigger a 25 percent change.
A reflection on the graduate transition from school to work. It notes fierce competition for similar roles, the gap between degree and economic security, and the need for imagination, industry, clear thinking and steady effort to achieve meaningful objectives and happiness.
State Department views Spain's Cairo negotiations with Soviet agents as blackmail to secure a Franco loan, with Moscow offering 200000 tons of wheat and the return of 6000 Spanish troops from the Nazi army while Argentina halts wheat credits and drought worsens Spain's crisis. Generals rumble about replacing Franco as communists strike back.
Jay Franklin, who coined Truman slogans in 1948, now crafts a GOP line. Sen. Dennis Chavez faces intense pressure to retract his Budenz attack after secret talks with a top Catholic politician and rebuke from Archbishop Byrne. Chavez, of Spanish descent, stands firm amid controversy. Ferguson toys with Taft clash, joking about occupying the senate chair.
Rep Francis Walter of Pennsylvania briefs the President on displaced persons in Western Germany and Italy. He proposes a new international commission outside the UN to address the overpopulation and unemployment fueling communism, with Australia ready to accept migrants and the U.S. role limited. Truman will refer the issue to John R. Steelman for action.
A Tucson columnist surveys migrants attracted to southern Arizona and notes a clash between climate cures and heavy school taxes. He cites high per capita taxes, funding disputes, and federal aid shaping growth while residents fear rising costs and job insecurity amid roads, fences, and new housing.
The anonymous British newsletter scribe Ken neth De Courcy claims Russia has built and tested a more powerful A bomb and is massing airborne forces behind the Russian Turkish border to threaten Middle Eastern oil routes. He cites unnamed informants and says by 1952 the USSR could strike if needed. Skeptics are advised to doubt the sensational alerts.
Dr H C McRee confirms anti malaria funds shortfall while D F Green the ex resident and Baptist secretary visits Twin City en route to Florence. Air dome theatre on Bank Street opens Monday June 2 leased by Ferrow Himes and Murray King for summer. Judge L P Troup to Montgomery for daughter Madelyn’s Woman’s College graduation. Born to Mr and Mrs C T Swatzell a boy May 20 Charles Thomas. Ethel Lanier to summer school Florence Normal. Lucille Bailey to Howard College for music. Ethel Bryant to Tuscaloosa University summer study. Mrs S T Rollo of Athens College visiting Albany. Cynthia Davis of Birmingham schools visiting en route home Trinity. Clara Berry Hunt and Adele Polytinski bound for Camp Angelita in July.
Ralph Kiner seeks to match Pie Traynor by driving in 100 plus runs for a fifth consecutive season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The goal highlights his continued offensive surge in 1940s baseball.
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