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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1950
Page
1
Clear to partly cloudy outlook this afternoon and tonight with moderate to locally fresh northerly winds along the coast. Local residents visit Talladega and Caryville Tennessee while church activities and revival plans continue. Soldiers in Korea face wounds and a missing in action report. Community updates include new church members at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist and hospital admissions in Decatur. See diary on page 2.
The dying remnants of a tropical hurricane battered central Florida with 50 to 60 mph winds. The storm's center was near Orlando as Cedar Key suffered devastating damage leaving 400 homeless. Rescue efforts continued for a missing fishing boat with three aboard.
The Decatur Board of Education invites the public to tour two new schools this week. Open houses run 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. at the new high school on Thursday and at West Decatur on Friday. Residents are asked to avoid parking on lawns and to use sidewalks only as grounds are soft and lawns freshly seeded.
In Alabama 299,966 people underwent repeat compulsory syphilis tests last year across 19 counties. Positive results dropped to 8,483 or 2.8 percent from 18,149 or 5.9 percent on earlier tests. Health officials credited improved treatment after initial positives.
Decatur city schools prepare for the new year with an 8:30 a m institute in the high school library. Miss Zora Ellis AEA president will speak, J E McClary and W T Jordan will address the gathering, and reports will cover staff planning and in service training.
President Truman will use every possible influence to push Senate passage of the Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills before adjournment. Delegates E. L. Bartlett and Joseph Farrington said the president approved the move after a White House meeting. Both statehood measures have cleared the House.
Secretary Acheson denounces North Korean propaganda blaming the United Nations and the United States for Korea’s war. He says the free world abhors war and that Koreans know who caused the calamities in their land.
The Electric Department warns residents east of Sixteenth Avenue and near Seventh Street of a power outage Thursday from 1 30 to 4 00 PM. A spokesman regrets the inconvenience and notes this will be the last interruption in this section due to the storm.
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones denied a temporary restraining order to force legislative re apportionment in Alabama. The suit claimed racial discrimination against white voters and sought limiting representation to one per county until redistricting by population. The court dismissed the amended bill and sustained the demurrer, with the case continued as petitioners raised racial discrimination issues.
An American sergeant and another soldier testified of a comrade killed after being used as a human shield by Korean Reds. The dying man reportedly begged to be killed as screams drew jeers from his captors during a retreat through a village.
In Korea on September 6 Marines angrily disputed President Truman's remark that the Marine Corps runs a propaganda machine akin to Stalin's. Frontline Marines and Leathernecks debated the charge, with many saying such comments should not affect interservice relations. A field officer called the remark unfair to request a comment.
Senator Taft accuses the Truman administration of lacking a coherent foreign policy and urges a Republican Congress for consistent action. Senator Knowland adds that Chinese communists killed Capt. John M. Birch in North China, an incident he says Congress should have known earlier to shape policy.
Gordon Ester, special field representative of first aid and water safety services, urges Decatur Red Cross members to participate fully in civilian defense programs. He recommends holding first aid classes and training instructors due to the critical world situation. The talk covered home nursing and nurses aids needs. Attendees included Morgan county schools, Cooper-Wells hosiery mill, Wolverine tube division, Coast Guard auxiliary, Boy Scouts, and Decatur city schools with guests Mrs. George Porter and Mrs. Martha Lewis.
Birmingham attorney Morel Montgomery was arrested on a grand jury bribery charge. He posted a 500 dollar bond and denied the accusation stating the case grew from a personal dispute. The arrest follows Montgomery being named by a grand jury last week.
President Truman weighs sending a letter to the Marine Corps League to calm protests over his remarks calling Marines the Navy's police force and criticizing their propaganda. White House staff discussed possible apology while Marine Corps League opens its annual meeting in Washington.
Southern educators from 48 universities gather in Daytona Beach to map a regional education plan. They seek centers of research and training across 14 states to foster prosperity in agriculture and industry, with leaders praising shared science fundamentals and denouncing duplication of effort.
Allied forces recaptured Yongchon and halted a Red Korean drive toward Taegu. Fresh North Korean tank brigades with 84 tanks moved to the front, while American planes destroyed or damaged 17 Reds. The Fifth Air Force flew 317 sorties in support across the main combat areas.
Pentagon briefing officers said the Northeast sector remained serious but not disastrous. An Army spokesman noted the Reds made important advances between Pohang and Taegu yet did not break through against allied opposition.
Soviets say 84 tanks reached the frontline hours before air attack by planes on Pohang and Taegu sector. Allied forces battled near Taegu with the central rail hub supply center perilous yet in Allied hands Wednesday night as a Taegu battle raged 20 miles east.
George Buck Hill aged 22 was killed near New Hope Alabama when a sawmill belt broke and severed his jugular vein. He died within five minutes after being struck by flying belt and lacings. He left behind parents Mr and Mrs Sam Hill a wife and two children of near New Hope.
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