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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1946
Page
1
Cloudy to partly cloudy with east winds on the coast. High 88, low 62. Reverends Davenport Rice Burks Turner preach and announce sermons across Central Methodist, Memorial Drive, Westside Presbyterian, Sixteenth Avenue, Central Baptist, Moulton Heights, First Church and Westminster churches. Recruiters in Huntsville enlistment and local travel updates noted.
Washington reports the Senate War Investigating Committee pressed Rep May to testify about contracts tied to the Garsson munitions group and Cumberland Land Co. May, ill previously, offered to testify in Prestonsburg Kentucky while claiming no compensation as Kentucky agent for Chamberland Co. The War Department found Garsson firms did not manufacture defective 42 mortar shells. premature explosions blamed on defective fuses. Navy notes wartime 4.2 inch chemical mortar ammunition relatively safer than others.
Final rites for Mrs. Goodsby scheduled for 3 p m in Nashville Tennessee. Services were held at the home of her daughter Mrs Clifton Curry with interment at Woodlawn cemetery. Spry of Athens directed the service. She is survived by her husband Col W Goodsby and three daughters along with a number of other relatives.
William Heirens, a former University of Chicago student, received three life sentences plus additional penalties for multiple burglaries and assaults in a brutal spree. He will not be eligible for parole for at least 20 years, and under Illinois rules cannot be freed for 61 years. Heirens expressed relief at the sentence as he faced the judge and prison ahead.
Dudley Jewell, 30, executive secretary of the New Albany Chamber of Commerce, was stabbed and in serious condition after a confrontation with James Stockdale, who entered his office armed with a knife. The attack followed the death of Mayor Raymond Jaegers hours earlier and occurs amid a campaign against gambling. Stockdale, a Democratic candidate for constable, is jailed on malicious cutting charges as police conduct raids.
The United Nations Security Council met secretly to discuss Ukraine's charges against Greece and Britain tied to Balkan tensions. Britain signaled dismissal, calling the charges propaganda and criticizing Manuilsky's evidence as flimsy. The council plans a full report to the September 23 general assembly session.
The great maritime strike halted activity along the U S coastlines with New York harbor paralyzed as AFL Seafarers International Union and Sailors Union of the Pacific lines picketed. Commission tallies show hundreds of vessels tied up across ports from Portland to Savannah and on all coasts.
J A Leigeber owner of Cullman Motor Company announces plans to build a Decatur hotel within the next year on a 1.5 acre site on the Bee line highway at Wells and LaFayette streets. He cites scarce building materials and says construction would start next year if supplies are available.
Washington reports the new three man price control board nears procedures for appeals on decontrol. Chairman Roy L. Thompson says hearings may be held if a commodity merits review and markets should have a fair trial, despite Porter’s push to restore milk ceilings.
Britain warned at the peace conference it would withdraw from the Venezia Giulia division agreement if Trieste is not given independent international status. Hector McNeil pressed for UN administration, warning against barbed wire frontiers and vowed to review the free territory deal if independence is weakened.
Arrival of the first rail car carrying equipment for the Wolverine Tube Division of Calumet and Hecla signals initial fabrication setup at the Decatur location. Company aims to start fabricating soon with staged deliveries and construction progress in early period.
Janey Miller of Atlanta Georgia dazzled 10 000 spectators with an operatic voice winning first prize in the talent division of the second Miss America preliminary contest. Her Tosca aria Vice Doce drew sustained applause prompting a second spotlight moment as she advances toward the final 15.
The OPA announced new retail ceilings raising beef by about eight cents a pound for top grades and three cents for other cuts, lamb by ten cents, and mutton by four cents. Pork ceilings rise about seven cents on over half of cuts with an overall average increase around four cents, applying Tuesday for most meats.
Dorothy Jean McRae's car, owned by Knox McRae, collided with Roy Gilliam's vehicle at 5:50 pm Thursday. Front ends were heavily damaged in the city street accident, police report says.
Secretary Byrnes urged a new Germany governed by Germans including Ruhr Rhineland and beyond the Oder provisionally assigned to Poland. He warned recovery in Europe hinges on avoiding a German pauper state. German ministers praised the speech while France voiced disappointment over Ruhr Rhineland status. De Gaulle may respond Sunday.
London reports show the British government pleased with Secretary Byrnes Stuttgart speech. They note it shifts focus from the shipping strike and supports measures to rebuild Germany. Officials estimate Britain’s share of German rehabilitation costs at about 320 million dollars this year.
In Stuttgart Byrnes spoke before high officers aboard a private train once used by Hitler. He addressed Molotov’s July call for a central German regime with a federal approach only after a plebiscite. He asserted U S resolve to stay in European affairs and keep security forces for a long period. He stressed no misunderstanding and that occupation forces would remain as needed.
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