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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1948
Page
4
The Eagle conducts a local straw poll to gauge Wiregrass presidential sentiment. Readers are urged to mail or paste the ballot on a penny post card, with ballots repeated for family participation to reflect community views.
Voters hear proposed duos from four parties. Democratic favorites Truman and Barkley attract support. Thurmond and Wright push Dixiecrat candidacy. Dewey and Warren are listed by Republicans. Wallace and Taylor appear as Progressive choice.
Alabama's U S Senators John J Sparkman and Lister Hill align with the Dixiecrat States Rights ticket. Horace Wilkinson of Birmingham released a Sparkman pledge to Strom Thurmond and confirmed Hill's support. Both senators skipped the Birmingham convention and Alabama's 11 electoral votes are pledged to Thurmond.
Belgrade hosts the Danube conference bringing East and West together for the first time since December. Delegates from the United States Great Britain Russia France and European states meet to craft a new Danubian regime for river control amid heavy security. Andrei Vishinsky and Ana Pauker lead Soviet and Romanian delegations signaling Moscow’s pivotal role.
Alabama health officer D G Gill says infantile paralysis has not reached epidemic stage and no indication of an epidemic. He announced 14 new cases in the past week. Twenty counties report 47 cases so far this year, forty counties have had no polio.
The Interstate Commerce Commission removed the temporary tag on 25 percent freight rate boosts, letting railroads, water carriers and forwarders embed the increases in the permanent interstate rate structure. The action settles the railroad plea for a 30 percent rise to cover higher wages and costs, denying an extra five percent long-term ask.
Workers dug through the J. G. Farben chemical plant rubble in Ludwigshafen after a major postwar explosion. Casualty figures showed 138 known dead and 200 to 250 missing with over 2300 injured. French and German rescue teams labored through the night as American troops, praised for their efforts, withdrew from the zone.
Talk of a possible special session in Alabama's Capitol centers on roads and old age pensions funding. Gov. Folsom aims to back a highway funds source to fulfill a 1947 pledge to pave rural roads, though plans remain speculative and uncertain.
Army officials reaffirm policy to keep Negro and white troops in separate companies for now while envisioning eventual desegregation. President Truman called for equality in the armed forces, but Bradley and Royall avoided comment on his remarks and transcripts were not available. The army cites practical military expedience to minimize friction, not endorsement of racial beliefs.
In Memphis a dying Mississippi farm boy left his horse to Pete Zarzoh a mounted policeman who was his friend. Bobby who visited with his mother on chopping trips would feed Tim the soda and talk about his horse Linda back home. After Bobby’s death his mother told Pete the gift was his as a final farewell from a brave boy.
A gas explosion at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. big Edgewater coal mine killed one man, left another believed dead, and wounded 13 others. Rescue crews moved to reach miners believed trapped near the junction of an old shaft and a new shaft work. Eleven injured were hospitalized in Birmingham and two at T C I hospital.
Corpus Christi man seeks his father believed living near Dothan. C. I. McCormick asks Sheriff Walt Cameron for help locating George McCormick who may spell the name McCormac. The son, 23, married Navy veteran, was told his father was dead until recently. Anyone with knowledge should contact the sheriff's office.
Washington report states the Navy will allow women to enlist in the regular Navy around September 15. The move marks the first time women may serve as regular enlisted personnel and, later, officers. Previously, women served mainly in reserve roles such as the Waves.
The city will not use parking meters until installation is finished. Police Chief Eddie D. Kelley said drivers have already deposited coins in the meters. The exact start date will be announced later, likely early next week.
Washington officials said a system of deferments for the new peacetime draft will take time to establish. The law grants automatic deferments to clergymen students and many veterans, with 19 year olds in high school and others eligible for exemption. The plan must set rules for married men and those with dependents amid pressure from rural labor areas and key industries.
Two Senators said David Lilienthal and four Atomic Energy Commission colleagues may serve until June 30, 1952, without further congressional approval. They noted the Senate extended the term to that date. questions arose about re submission of names to the Senate for formal approval.
London reports Foreign Secretary Bevin warned Stalin Britain may force a choice between war or peace. If the Berlin blockade endures, Britain may halt demobilization and reassess armed forces. if lifted, four power talks and a broader European settlement proceed. Bevin suggested Western powers will not back down, even to war, while a Soviet offer to feed Berlin drew German reactions.
Washington AP Dixie Democrats resumed a Senate talkfest against the poll tax ban while Republicans sat quiet. Senate floor actions showed 51 senators present for a quorum as Senator Stewart D Tenn spoke. Wherry plans a Monday recess and Republicans prepare to push for cloture on civil rights by ending debate.
Alabama electors pledged to the States Rights ticket of Thurmond and Wright marking the first formal support from the state since the Birmingham conference. The move follows a Democratic walkout over civil rights and signals plans to campaign in all states, with Mississippi already pledging against Truman.
Four hundred thousand communications workers threaten to resign if the government adopts a law forbidding strikes against the state. A Communist dominated committee of the Government Communications Workers Union orders defiance of the plan while criticizing Premier Ashida and MacArthur. The cabinet drafts the law, awaiting Allied approval. censorship limits press coverage.
Dr W M Curtis presiding elder of the Methodist Church in Pensacola Florida died early today from a heart attack at age sixty eight. Formerly of Dothan he served four years there before moving to Pensacola. A Peach Tree Alabama native he was regarded as a respected church leader in the Southeastern Jurisdiction. His wife and two children survive.
Massed pickets police and non-strikers fought at Univis Lenx Co plant in Dayton Ohio as tear gas bombs were deployed by police. Mayor Lohrey asked the governor to call National Guard aid, but Herbert declined. Plant closed for the weekend as police dispersed a crowd of about six to seven thousand and several demonstrators were detained.
The National Negro Council and the National Civil Rights Conference urged President Truman to force General Omar N. Bradley to resign or be dishonorably discharged. They cited his remark about placing races in separate companies as defiance of the president’s July 27 executive order on equal treatment in the armed services.
Nurnberg report states Carl Krauch chairman of J. G. Farben directed wartime activities and received six years in prison. Thirty two top executives were sentenced from 18 months to eight years for slavery and mass murder. Nine defendants were guilty of plundering factories in Nazi conquered nations. Time already served deducted. two defendants released for insufficient evidence. Judge Herbert dissented on slave labor. Krauch credited for time served since 1946 arrest. Herman Schmitz listed as No. 4 in the case.
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