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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1945

Page

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Weather and local notes from Decatur area

Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms Friday and light to moderate winds along the coast. Temperature range 93 high 73 low. Community notices include prayers, service personnel returns, and local church and civic meeting plans. Notables: Sgt Berford Sharp honorable discharge after 27 months overseas. Miss Sam Hayes returns to TVA. FBI training in Washington context. road paving completion on Riverview Avenue to Alabama Flour Mill.

Sgt Berford Sharp D. A. Sharp Priceville Sgt. Sharp Carol Smith Riverview Avenue Alabama Flour Mill

Valley Cattle Show Opens Friday at 10 A M

Promptly at 10 oclock Friday morning at the Home Oil Mill grounds on Moulton Street the second annual Tennessee Valley livestock and grain show will begin. Luther Fuller of Birmingham will call the first ring and judging will cover 32 cattle classes plus dairy and 4 H and FFA entries. Special awards of 2500 will reward counties with eight or more registered Jersey or Guernsey females owned by 4 H or FFA members. Reservations from Morgan to Marshall counties indicate a strong turnout of cattle and grain men in North Alabama.

Moulton Street Luther Fuller Birmingham Decatur Aitabama Jersey Guernsey FFA Club W.G. Adsman Nashville South FFA John Pennell Alabama Earl Glenn Casto Jarvis Robert A Bob) Jordan Franklin, Tenn Morgan North Alabama Limestone Lawrence Winston Colbert Lauderdale Madison Cullman Marshall A. H. Prickett A. L. Johnson J. N. Sheppard H. L. Weir Alabama Department of Agriculture Mr. Fuller General Farm Products E. D. Lamay Dick Bowen Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company of W. French Moore-Handley Hardware Company Birmingham Chamber of Commerce C. E. Teague Auburn R. A. Brown Alabama Jersey Cattle Club Guntersville S. Ross Smith Alabama Guernsey Cattle Club Glenn White American Guernsey Cattle Club Nashville, Tenn W. A Bill) Keegan American Jersey Cattle Club O. H. Bowden TCI H. Vv Jaaiellen Farmer Capt T. C. Reid Alabama State Chamber of Commerce Frank Martin B. G. Hall

Crump Machine In Tennessee Rapped In OPA Job Scrap

A suit charges Tennessee political machine influence in OPA hiring. Paul O Turner seeks the Atlanta defense area rent director job, alleging Tennessee figures Harris Mosby Finney and McCord block his candidacy to favor Crump and McKellar. The case, supported by senators George and Russell and Rep Barksdale, aims to compel OPA to consider his civil service petition. The suit invokes the Tennessee Valley Authority funding dispute and names District Judge E Marvin Underwood.

Atlanta Crump- McKellar Political Machine Tennessee OPA Paul O. Turner Atlanta Defense Area E. Marvin Underwood Chester Bowles Turner Bowles Alexander Harris John D. Mosby William P. Finney D. Elie McCord Job Turner Harris Mosby Finney Ed Crump Memphis Senator McKellar McCord Crump Ripe Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Eorgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Finley Sen Kenneth McKellar Region Four Walter George Richard Russell Georgia Robert Barkspeck TVA Fight Lawrence T. Mahoney Harris, Mosby and Finney Tennessee Valley Authority Congress McKellar- Crump

Truman presses Congress for unemployment relief and reforms

President Truman urged Congress to provide up to 25 a week for the unemployed for 26 weeks and pressed for more federal funds during a session with the House Ways and Means Committee. Senate clashes over depressions and future policy intensified as debates on naval and war department merging, term limits, and pensions for lawmakers continued.

Max Hall Washington Truman Congress House Ways and Means Committee Senate House Naval Committee Paneer Fm Are White House Ways and Charles G. Ross Capitol Earl Browder Communist Party Browder Civil Service Committee Hous Senate Judiciary Committee Morse R-Ore Roosevelt War and Navy Departments Andrew May D.-Ky House Military Committee Carl Vinson D.-Ga House Naval

Emperor Hirohito Bows to MacArthur Amid Abdication Hints

The Emperor Hirohito called on General MacArthur as rumors swirled of abdication, while clashes in Indo China left Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey dead and Capt. Joseph Coolidge seriously wounded. Annamite rebels killed and injured several, with U S and allied casualties reported in Saigon.

Associated Press Japan MacArthur Indo-China A. Peter Dewey Washington, D. C Joseph Coolidge New Hampshire Saigon U. S British Broadcasting Company Hirohito Tokyo NBC New York Shanghai Emperor Hirohito Japanese Central Liaison Office United States Pearl Harbor Navy Admiral Halsey U. S. Pacific Coast Atlantic Allied War Department U. S. Tenth Army Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr Tenth Okinawa Buckner Joseph W. Stilwell

Tension Mounts As More Strikes Open

The nationwide oil workers strike threat looms as delegates at a Chicago conference near adjournment to Washington. Walkouts spread from Manhattan elevator operators to Pacific Northwest lumber workers as coal miners idle in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The labor turmoil, with widespread closures and millions idle, intensifies amid federal mediation efforts and wage disputes.

Associated Edgar L. Warren U. S. Conciliation Service Oir Chicago Washington Schwellebach Warren Manhattan WLB Oil Industry CIO New York City AFL Pacific Northwest West Virginia Pennsylvania Westhouse Electric’ Company

One Third of Meat Supply Ration Free

The CFA announced that from Sunday through Oct 27 no points will be required for lower grades of beef veal and lamb and for hamburger lamb and veal patties and other cheaper cuts. Canned meats sausage luncheon varieties and lower quality veal and lamb will also be ration-free. Pork cuts top beef veal lamb steaks roasts and chops continued on ration list with fats oils and butter. OPA Bowles cites range-fed cattle as key to freeing one third of meat. October civilian meat supply to rise to about 150 pounds per capita.

Washington CFA OPA Agriculture Department Chester Bowles

Press Bar At Embassy In Tokyo Meeting Coverage

American correspondents were barred from full coverage of Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur due to concerns over impairing the dignity of the occasion. MacArthur's press officer said reporters would receive instructions at a briefing the next morning. The meeting was delayed one hour and Hirohito was reported to be at the embassy. officials cited narrow roads and lack of arrangements as the reason for excluding press at the embassy.

Tokyo Hirohito General MacArthur MacArthur

War Chest drive plans organized in Morgan county

Organization for the approaching War Chest drive on October 9 has expanded to Morgan county with several communities forming committees and quotas. Winton aims for 50 dollars led by A D Williams. Hartselle Rotary backs a 2500 dollar target with C T Cash and D W McNeil guiding. Oak Ridge and Rocky Ford set 50 dollar goals led by Olen Cooper and Andrew Edwards respectively. NeeI and Danville teams target 200 and 300 dollars. A countywide meeting is set for October 1 at 8 00 p m at Oakville Baptist church.

Morgan County A. D. Williams Winton Priceville Box Two O T. Sharp Forrest Echols Pauline Turney Lyle Cain Bruce Lemons B. G. Hall Hartselie Hugh Townson Earl Legg James Sybert Homer Montgomery B. H. Lott Rocky Ford Andrew Edwards William Taylor Ozelle McNutt Theodore Owen Ed Eillis Nee J. W. Harp Leonard Harp R R. Johnson R E. Puckett A. L. Singleton Lillie Ellis Kyle Johnson Danville Frank Martin Jim Fielding Burl Hardwick Nettie McKay H. L. Heflin Grady Orr Arthur Lee Joan Simms Jessie Roberts Frank Puck

Center Planned Mobile City Center Contracts Let

Mobile city planners authorize specifications for a two block square municipal center including a police station and city hall. The contracts advance design work as officials outline tentative plans for the public complex.

Mobile

Wartime Labor Unions Dissolved in Japan

Domei news reports imminent dissolution of the Patriotic Labor Service Associations, Japan’s wartime labor structure. Leaders of the prewar seamen’s union reunite in Yokohama and Tokyo transport workers plan to form a new union after the PLSA’s dissolution, signaling a reorganization of labor groups.

Tokyo Domei Agency Patriotic Labor Service Associations Japan Ole Labor Organization Indeoen Yokohama Tokyo Transport Workers Unio Domei PLSA

Reappointed Alabama officials named to education board

In Montgomery on September 27 Col. Harry M. Ayers Anniston newspaper publisher and Lt. Gov Handy Ellis were reappointed by Chauncey to the state board of education. Terms run to September 30 1951.

Russian Marshal Zhukov to Visit United States in October

The White House announced President Truman invited Marshal Gregori Zhukov of Soviet Russia to the United States. Zhukov will arrive by air in New York City on October 4 to begin a visit arranged by the War Department, with a call on the White House to follow on an undetermined date.

Washington White House Truman Gregori Zhukov Soviet Russia United States Zhukov Russia Allied Council Germany New York City Warment

McClendon Is Handed Order For VA Office Remodel

Dennis McClendon receives a Veterans Administration proceed order in Montgomery to remodel the former Brown Funeral Co. building on Ferry Street for district VA offices. The $5,000 project includes a waiting room, five glassed offices, a physician’s office, supply and rest rooms, and a unified heating system serving nearby buildings. Construction starts after leases are secured, with VA offices to serve nine North Alabama counties and parts of two others.

Dennis McClendon Veterans Administration Montgomery Ferry Street Brown Funeral Co U. S McClendon North Alabama

Soldier dies in jeep accident near Fort McClellan

A soldier killed near Fort McClellan on Sunday night in a jeep accident was identified by Army public relations as Pvt. Russell P. O'Brien of Meriden Connecticut. O'Brien, a Pacific theater veteran, died when the vehicle overturned on a highway while serving as an instructor at the replacement training center.

Fort McClellan Army Russell P. O'Brien Meriden Conn O’brien Cen

Times Change for Shiners in September Tax Report

The Internal Revenue Bureau reports state activity in illicit moonshining. In August 1939, 74 stills were seized, while last month none were seized in 23 states. Kentucky and Tennessee showed 38 stills, down from 142 in 1939. Across Alaska, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia arrests occurred as moonshine operations yielded 567 stills nationwide.

Ashington Kentucky Tennnessee Alaska Hawaii District of Co Internal Revenue Bureau Carolina Virginia West

Need This Man CHIEF CLERK veteran seeking Army job

Age 24 married with one child served three years in the Army discharged September 23 1945 has two years of college and experience as chief clerk and assistant sergeant major of a combat squadron. supervised preparation of correspondence morning reports sick books and records. can type 40 words per minute willing to relocate contact Meredith Woodall U S Navy area for position details.

Army Combat Squadron Air Pospector Meredith Woodall U. & Aosee

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