Heavy Damage In Only 2 Fires in Decatur July
Decatur firemen responded 19 times in July with two fires causing heavy damage. D. L. Blackwell's garage apartment at 332 East Moulton Street burned at 4:25 A.M. July 2, and 520 oe Street burned at 11:10 P.M. July 18. Nine other incidents caused no loss and several minor losses were recorded at multiple addresses. One false alarm occurred at Floyd's barbecue stand.
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Decatur
Decatur Streets
D. L. Blackwell
East Moulton Street
Oe Street
Second Avenue North
Eighth Avenue East
Prospect Drive
Moulton Street
Gulf Refining Co
Canal Street
Grant Street
Third Avenue East
Highway 31
Sixth Avenue East
Oe Oil
Fourth Avenue West
Floyd
Alabama Street
West Vine Street
Twelfth Avenue West
West Church Street
Baruch pushes Congress toward stand by price controls
Bernard Baruch urged swift action on wage and price controls as Congress and President Truman move toward granting standby power. The veteran adviser argued against half measures and warned that delaying action could destabilize the economy amid postwar inflation and the Korean conflict. Truman accepted a path for immediate standby authority, balancing votes and political risk.
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Bernard Baruch
Congress
Truman
Baruch
Taft
Ohio
Mr. Truman
Local Social Roundup in Morgan County Oak Ridge
Mr and Mrs Hugh Townson and son visited Melvin Lake family in Austinville. Families including Syberts and Oscar Sybert went to Lookout Mountain Chattanooga Tenn. Mrs Earl Legg ill after teeth pulled. West family returned to California after two weeks here. Many attended revivals at Moss Chapel and Rock Springs. Orval Sparkman and Ed Long returned from Detroit. Bell family of Cloverdale Ala spent weekend with G B Legg. Salem singing Sunday.
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Hugh Townson
Melvin Lake
Austinville
James Sybert
Oscar Sybert
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Earl Legg
Pruitt West
California
Edward Livingston
Ishmel Martin
Elmer Martin
Moss Chapel
Rock Springs
Orval Sparkman
Ed Long
Detroit
Mich
William Bell
Cloverdale
Ala
G. B. Legg
Salem
The Human Race Jokes and Tales of Daily Life
A humorous column of quips and cartoons touching on human behavior politics and social manners. It strings together jokes about voting salaries teaching farming service stereotypes and family banter with a mix of light satire and flirtatious humor.
Rocky Ford Residents Collect Family Visit Notes
Morgan County visits highlight stays with relatives in Rocky Ford. Mr and Mrs Robert Lewis Tur rentine and their children visited Edna Turrentine. Mrs John Edwards and Willie Fred spent Sunday in Birmingham with Lona Shaw and Louise.
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Robert Lewis Turrentine
Edna Turrentine
John Edwards
Willie Fred
Birmingham
Lona Shaw
Louise
Gaines McNutt
R. L
Ozelle
Scott's Scrap Book News Briefs From Georgia Social
Eubanks notes illness of Eubanks and Neville Darnell with mumps. Families gather for reunions at Lithia Springs and Athens. Neighborhood visits include the Morris and Jennings families. The Baptist Training Union starts Sunday at Brown's Chapel with W. F. Key leading the devotional.
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Baptist Training Union
Brown's Chapel
W. F. Key
Community Notices and Local Incidents Report
Social visits fill weekends as Batess and McLemores host kin near Aldridge Grove while Harris Ledlows and Wallses share time with relatives. A Rock Springs revival draws a large crowd and a fire destroys a feather bed at Mary Long’s home, with neighbors saving the mattress. The blaze is blamed on rats and matches while Long is away at her daughter's.
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Travis McLemore
Aldridge Grove
Earl Harris
C. W. Bedingfield
A. L. Sngleton
Dora Reed
Harold Bell
Gaines McNutt
Rock Springs
Mary Long
Cathcart
Piney Grove hosts North Alabama church conference
fragmentary note records a gathering of the North Alabama District conference of Christian churches held at Piney Grove last Sunday with an executory closing remark about Auley.
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North Alabama
Women of the Scripture group lists members and leader
The program notes include Mrs. H. Higdon Ina Neill and Mrs. Hammond among participants in Women of the Scripture. Others named are Mrs. C. B. Neill Mrs. J. J. Dinsmore Miss Lizzie Neill and Mrs. Bert Bates. The closing prayer was by Mrs. Virginia McGlathery. Next meeting scheduled for Aug. 14.
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H. Higdon
Ina Neill
Hammond
C. B. Neill
J. J. Dinsmore
Lizzie Neill
Bert Bates
Virginia McGlathery
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