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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1946
Page
1
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in extreme north and warmer in the south. Local weather reports show a maximum of 92 and a low around 60. Community items note hospital moves, ambulance transfers, church singing, police court outcomes, and births in Decatur area.
In Greece a plebiscite returns favor restoring exiled King George II. With 25 percent counted, 209,636 voted for the King and 132,805 for the republic, signaling a likely final majority above 75 percent. The result heightens tensions as leftists question the outcome and governance debates follow amid postwar unrest.
Final rites for Joseph Garner McRae 75 will be held at 2 30 p m at Brown chapel with Rev G M Davenport and Rev John Troxler officiating He died Sunday morning at Decatur General hospital where he had been a patient the past month He was with the L and N Railroad for years and later with the WP Survivors include two daughters Miss Katharine McRae Decatur and Mrs Walker Kiana Ky and a son Joe McRae Hot Springs Burial is in city cemetery with Brown directing
A missing Cessna with an ill man and four others vanished after departing Los Angeles for St Louis Friday. Pilot Philo Pringle 31 was at the controls. Arthur Freund 65 a St Louis manufacturer chartered the flight and was aboard with his son Stephen his wife and a male nurse. Army Navy and CAA crews scoured the area for the yellow aircraft with no trace.
Jorge Prado Peru’s new ambassador to the United States arrived in Washington to present credentials to President Trump. He has been serving as ambassador to Argentina and will promote Peru’s interests during his tenure.
Billy Brown a Cullman county resident was injured Saturday in a plane crash three miles off the highway near Joppa. He piloted a cub ship from Cullman airport and suffered a slight concussion and facial lacerations. He was treated at Arab hospital and later admitted to Cullman hospital.
Washington reports a second senate inquiry may arise from wartime officer practices. The Mead committee warned a strict merit system could aid defense but cited failures in promoting based on ability. It urged bases overseas and a superior intelligence agency to improve military administration and supply.
Peru's foreign office says the United States apologized for the July 28 Talara incident in which a Peruvian naval ensign was beaten and an American sergeant wounded. It notes Peru requested surrender of involved soldiers for Peruvian courts, but U.S. authorities declined without orders. The base at Talara has since been returned to Peru.
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Washington reports the wartime draft resumes on the VJ Day anniversary as Selective Service ends its two month holiday. House military committee cautions on Soviet danger, while Senate war panel urges strong defense until peace talks conclude. Nelson pitches expanded US USSR trade, and Congress Library projections warn Russia nears parity by 1970. Navy says no draftees. enlistments exceed expectations. draft quotas may reach 185000 if extended.
In Arden Delaware residents scheduled a mass meeting to condemn a five foot burning cross found Saturday night near the Arden schoolhouse. Four men were seen leaving the scene by a resident and state police detectives were assigned after reports of ill feeling tied to two Negro women guests at a dance during the Arden fair.
Riots move into new Bombay areas with at least 60 dead in clashes between Hindus and Muslims. Police fire on crowds as a 24 hour curfew is imposed for two days and about 500 people are rounded up.
All Bombay newspapers will publish the same disturbance news under an editors government agreement. S. A. Brelii says a committee will screen reporters’ stories and issue an authorized report three times daily to avert inflammatory stories.
On the eve of Nehru's inauguration protests spread from Quetta to Bombay as the Muslim League urged black flags. Four dead in Quetta. Bombay mobs looted stores and attacked shops and a Hindu temple. Hawkers sold black flag buttons amid intense resentment in Hindu areas.
As Labor Day weekend neared its end violent deaths reached 152, with 119 from traffic accidents. The National Safety Council predicted 350 violent deaths for the weekend. California reported 17 fatalities, led by 16 traffic deaths, while New York state had 12. State totals listed Alabama 300 and Georgia 110 across traffic drownings and miscellaneous.
Decatur Alabama earned commendation for initiating the Hire A Veteran program. Frazier Hunt of Mutual Broadcasting Service praised Decatur in a brief early morning segment for its activities and plans to place veterans in jobs.
Washington reports Labor Day shows unions at peak strength with 15 million dues paying members. AFL claims over 7 million, CIO above 6 million, others around 2 million. Few strikes now but a new wave predicted as reconversion and wage rises stir labor action. President Truman addresses reconversion and labor. See UNION on Page 2.
Fourteen American Federation of Labor locals led the city Labor Day celebration marching from the Decatur Armory along Second Avenue with Huntsville businessmen’s band. Anthony Valente and AFL speakers addressed guests at Delano Park while Griffins of Birmingham urged broader union organizing in the South. String music by the Alabama Playboys Cullman and a Decatur quartet provided the day’s entertainment. Rev L C Radford served as chaplain for the afternoon observance.
Paris Sep 2 Italian Vice Premier Ivanoe Bonomi told the Paris peace conference that making Trieste a free autonomous territory would threaten peace between Italy and Yugoslavia. He urged re-examining the Italian frontier and noted Italy’s grief over the plan. Britain sought 2.88 billion pounds in reparations from Italy as part of war costs. The Roma treaty commissions advanced on restitution for Axis-removed property in Romania and banned atomic arms for Italy. Molotov’s Moscow trip drew speculation about its impact.
James P. Miller, a Moulton attorney and World War veteran, accepts the Lawrence county chairmanship of the upcoming USO campaign. The drive aims to organize USO services in every Alabama county to provide wholesome entertainment for service members.
The Daily announces it will issue a single edition today due to the Labor Day holiday, with operations adjusted for the holiday. Readers are advised to check late-breaking updates and any local notices in the day’s limited edition.
U S Army investigators in Nuernberg expect to solve the shooting deaths of Dr Edward Y Heartshorne of Cambridge and Haverford who was killed on the Munich Nurnberg autobahn. Hartshorne recently named military government chief of German universities in the American zone was shot Aug 28 while driving a jeep. His wife said the fatal shot came as their vehicle passed another jeep with two soldiers two women and a dog. Investigators seek the other jeep's occupants and believe the case will be solved soon possibly tomorrow.
Six masked gunmen in GI fatigues robbed the Flamingo club of 1000 dollars early today in Louisville Kentucky. Co owner Gilbert Lambdin reported the theft to Jefferson County detectives Lacefield and Schmidt who said the men forced Lambdin to open the safe while 15 patrons were kept on the floor. Three shots were fired into the lobby ceiling and a tear gas bomb was discharged as the robbers fled in a car parked outside.
A plane crash near Woeate in Puebla state killed Theodore Badger of Philadelphia and two companions from Doylestown Pa and Robert Arens of Doyleston Pa. Badger died in a Red Cross station. Arens died later. The NC 15 228 craft failed during an attempted landing on a highway causing injuries to others.
The 18 member Cullman County special grand jury recessed Monday after convening to review alleged ballot alterations and bribes tied to the May Democratic primary. Inquiries focus on voter counts and possible misconduct in Cullman County ballots and related payments.
Thomas B Reeves aged 49 died after a mule kicked him in the stomach at his Trinity home Friday. Funeral at Landersville church in Lawrence County Tuesday at 2 pm. Survived by wife Martha Reeves son James Thomas Reeves and four daughters Earline Ruby Christine Jewell Dean Reeves all at Trinity. Burial Landersville cemetery Howel director.
Camden N J Sept 2 The engineman of an Atlantic City to Philadelphia express was killed today by another express train as he stood on the tracks examining his stalled engine Warren Parker 63 Atlantic City Pa Reading Lines reported There was no definite indication what caused the train to go out of order About 800 homeward bound passengers and commuters were delayed nearly an hour because of the accident
Tulsa detective Jerry St. Claire died from gunshot wounds received during a street gun battle with a robbery suspect. Detective Harold Harding was wounded in the leg as the gunman opened fire. the suspect fled and remains at large.
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