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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1949
Page
4
A man from Vansville Indiana traveling to Texas by covered wagon was struck by a car and his wagon wrecked. The family continued to Texas by train.
The piece weighs changing the electoral college before reforms. It notes Marcantonio's New York empire with many Puerto Ricans could affect future presidential selections. It also comments on rising holiday deaths, high traffic totals, and possible growth in public transit use after Labor Day.
In Cleveland area, residents along the Thompson route protest pilots roaring over homes during the national air races. The conflict intensifies after a plane crashed into a house, causing a fatal result and heightening fear as planes fly at speeds above 400 miles per hour.
The Daily notes DeWitt MacKenzie's piece arguing taxation toppled England’s landed elite, yet Britain remains no richer. A parallel in the United States is implied as the empire seeks American aid to avert financial crisis, questioning socialism's gains for British citizens.
The Daily doubts alarm over a Russian flier who defected to the American side and later returned to Russia. It argues travel exposes Russians to America’s liberties and conveniences, suggesting the Russian people would gain perspective and question their country's ability to prevail in conflict.
The Daily notes a traveler who favors railroads and argues for expanding short haul service. He suggests better coaches, passenger care, and sales to win back bus competition. If railroads abandon short routes, long haul passenger business could shift to buses, he warns. The piece reflects on potential reforms.
Washington society buzzes over Vice President Alben Barkley possibly marrying Mrs. Carlton Hadley of St. Louis. At a party for Barkley’s daughter, Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, daughter of General MacArthur’s kin, the question came up when Mrs. MacArthur asked if her father would wed. Sis Max Truitt, elder sister, weighs in on hosting duties and the White House dinners.
British strategy centers on stressing democracy to deter Soviet expansion and protect wartime investments including the Marshall Plan. Bevin and Cripps seek an economic union with the US and Canada, while Acheson leans to boosting stockpiles of British strategic materials to spur a temporary economic lift.
Snyder heads the U S delegation as he proposes devaluing the British pound to curb wage demands and boost exports. The plan would lower import costs and raise foreign competitiveness while potentially pressuring Britain to cut imports and adjust its budget. The strategy faces hurdles in achieving lasting efficiency and reduced expenditures.
Arlie B. Davidson offers health tips stressing balanced eating rest and cleanliness to prevent disease. The piece shifts to Britain facing long term economic strain from depleted resources, aging industry, and colonial decline, warning of possible socialist drift if financial talks fail and comparing risk to becoming one-third communist.
New York reports on Washington talks with British leaders led by Sir Stafford Cripps. The piece warns that if the pound collapses, it would destabilize the sterling area and many economies, affecting 45 percent of the world’s population. It argues the U.S. must continue supporting the pound and critiques British economic policy.
James V. Irby Jr. of Spring Hill College spoke to the Decatur Lions Club at the Country Club on a speech titled Lets Stop Communism Now. He argued communism is revolutionary and atheistic, thrives on unrest, and that federal power expansion erodes democracy. He compared UN walkouts to Alabama political tactics and urged limiting federal control while urging state and local governments to take more action.
Mackenzie argues England's Labour government faces a tough showdown in the next general election as economic crisis deepens. He questions whether socialist policies improved the economy, notes nationalization debates, and predicts voters will demand proof on whether Conservative approaches would fare better.
Vice President Barkley joked about retreating from the Senate for Labor weekend to his Paducah farm to gaze at cows and pigs, saying the farm respite would refresh his outlook on duties. The remark highlighted his weary stance amid continued Senate duties and public affection for the former senator.
Professor Irby argues democracy cannot grant rights or deter mind, urges Americans to address causes of communism and mistreatment of minorities, while noting possible coalitions between states righters and Republicans. He recounts wartime service and teaching roles at Spring Hill College and the University of Alabama.
In Birmingham, a city commission rezoned about 30 acres for Negro houses in the Now Smithfield area after a heated session. Two commissioners warned that segregation laws in the South would not be removed without bloodshed as NAACP leader A C Maclin urged desegregation. Commissioner James W Morgan and Eugene Conner defended continued segregation. The new zoning involves property near five Negro houses dynamited since March, remaining in white zones. Maclin said the NAACP would take the issue to federal court.
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