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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1950
Page
4
In Ogden Utah a cafe owner celebrated his 13th anniversary with a nostalgia menu offering 20 cent hamburgers 35 cent T bones and 15 cent hot cakes to mark prices from 1937 the year he opened. The note contrasts GI bill expectations with current enrollment trends as Auburn anticipates 1000 new freshmen.
An impassioned editorial argues the Korea offensive marks a beginning not end, urging continued U S preparation to deter a third world war. It credits America’s sincerity and leadership, warns against complacency, and calls for sacrifice across society to defend freedom.
Grover Hall Jr of the Montgomery Advertiser speculates on Louis Johnson after his dismissal as Secretary of Defense. The piece imagines Johnson alone with a dram, surrounded by major newspapers, pondering public reaction to his removal and the defense initiatives he guided or blocked.
Leesburg visit exposed a near hero worship between President Truman and General Marshall. After a mistaken claim that Col Edward Baker lay buried near Marshall’s home, Truman, Morse, and a Library of Congress check uncovered the error. The trip ended with laughter at the misread grave marker.
Tensions surface between General MacArthur and the joint chiefs over use of guerrilla warfare and saboteur actions behind enemy lines. In Tokyo, Adm. Sherman and Gen. Collins pursue a resolution as strategists weigh analogies to Italian and French sabotage in past campaigns. Despite aerial bombing and artillery, North Korean supply lines remain active.
The piece warns that aging quickly results from poor habits. It lists overworking, late hours, insufficient sleep, overeating, excessive drinking, constant negativity, resistance to new ideas, and neglecting joy, play, and family.
The text describes forced mobilization when communists seize towns. Entire communities including men women and children are tasked with moving supplies to frontline points, often bypassing roads to avoid bombardment. Washington urges MacArthur to infiltrate South Koreans behind North Korean lines.
Henry Grunewald, long missing as a wire tap witness, dodges questions before a Senate investigating sub committee. The ex- Pan American tapper linked to Senator Brewster and a shadowing in the Hughes case. Grunewald admits meetings with Lieut. Joe Shimon but declines to say how often he visited Brewster. Contempt citation looms.
A critique of Senate war investigations links Brewster with Pan American Airways and Hughes TWA. The piece then shifts to James Roosevelt seeking California governorship, detailing alleged profiteering, family influence, and a 1935 National Grain Yeast affair involving Frank Bielaski, with ties to German witnesses and a Nazi-era embassy note.
Washington reports the 81st Congress, under Democratic control since 1949, nears adjournment as voters face the 1950 midterms. The piece reviews wartime policy shifts, defense spending, the Marshall Plan, economic controls, civil rights limits, and anticipated actions by a future Republican majority and President Truman. It notes continued funds for NATO allies, social security growth, and tax changes, while highlighting stalled Truman programs and looming debates over anti subversive legislation and universal military training.
A bold thief stole nickels from a vendor box at FBI offices and was caught after the FBI dyed coins green in the box. Two FBI clerks were briefly hidden behind ventilator slats in a nearby door but alerted by sounds.
In Nashville Tennessee a night time explosion shattered a residential block injuring no one reported, with concrete chunks flung onto porches and windows rattled for miles around. Police suspect a bomb made from nitroglycerine and black powder thrown from a car. A cross had been burned nearby weeks earlier and several Black families and a Black hotel had moved into the neighborhood. Neighbor Luther Combs says the blast aimed to drive him from his home, located near the former cross site.
In Smithville Tennessee a small stunt plane crashed into five cars beside the airfield injuring fifteen people. The pilot Hoyt J Williams 30 of Smithville is in serious condition with a fractured skull and other injuries. He may face reckless flying charges if he recovers. Witnesses said the plane was at 150 feet when it went out of control.
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