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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1952
Page
10
Carlton S Proctor, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, says he does not believe Russia has a single atomic bomb. He notes his reasons lack hard evidence and warns of a possible bluff in modern history if Russia is bombless.
Keep Him Up East Harry campaigns across the nation lambasting Republicans and praising Democrats. Voters in the east and north respond favorably while the South would prefer Harry stay north of the line to preserve the solid Democratic bloc in November.
Dwight Eisenhower tours the South as a Republican presidential candidate. In Birmingham about 25 000 people cheered him while 75 000 lined the route to city hall. In Decatur 10 000 would have cheered for him as a soldier, not a candidate. Adlai Stevenson will win the votes in the region.
A newspaper wrestling with a future headline notes Southern Bell plans a $2 million expansion in Anderson to provide dial telephone service. It cites telephone counts from 1940 to 1952 and envisions a Decatur rollout reaching about 25,000 people once dial service arrives.
A local editorial urges candidates to commit to building a swimming pool for negro residents. It notes existing white facilities and future recreation plans, stressing the need for an explicit pledge to create equal access for black residents during the next city government term.
The piece argues Americans enjoy the best health in history with lower death rates and higher life expectancy. It credits medical research, vaccines, sanitation, safe water, and hospital birth care, noting the unsung public health workforce as vital in safer homes and communities.
The text lauds public health investments that reduced diseases like malaria and cholera while aging the population toward chronic illnesses. It highlights funding by foundations and agencies such as the American Cancer Society and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and notes federal action since 1930 including NIH and later institutes guided by citizen advisory councils.
A reflective piece on maturity and social responsibility urges readers to move beyond self centered living. It cautions against envy and retaliation and recommends sharing fortune, supporting church and welfare work, and pursuing self improvement to help others and the community.
The Public Health Service outlines plans for a new 500-bed clinical research center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland near Washington D C. The facility will focus on patient based studies and clinical research projects slated to begin next spring.
The column argues Adlai Stevenson shares ties with Harvard law figures and Alger Hiss, noting his education under Frankfurter and associations with Hiss and other alleged communists. It recalls cross examinations, letters, and committee probes linking Stevenson to the early government era and the Red espionage network.
U S Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on a two week Malaya tour says even Communist rebels who kill without reason receive fair trials in British courts. He calls the Malayan guerrilla leadership distinctly Communist and plans to tell the U S that Malaya upholds democracy when he returns. A separate note says National Geographic Society warns venom pain from a black widow spider can mimic appendicitis symptoms.
The excerpt portrays Stevenson as an advisor to the United States delegation in San Francisco and labels him a dangerous New Deal bureaucrat. It questions his integrity and attention to political associations, accusing him of either lying under oath about hearing that Hiss was a communist sympathizer or being too ignorant to notice.
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