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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1950
Page
7
The Decatur branch laboratory reports TB led July tests with 65 positives from 307 tuberculin samples under director C. C. Johnson. Of 1,163 venereal disease tests, 42 were positive and 21 unsatisfactory. premaritals accounted for 180 tests.
The Decatur Lions Club presented a fiscal year financial report at its regular Tuesday noon meeting at the Lyons Hotel. Colin Andrews led the program with Howard Belser presiding in Claude Carter’s absence. report praised the club’s civic work especially aiding the Alabama Light Collection Association. Visitors included John Woodruff of Decatur and E F Perkinson of Chattanooga.
W E Bill Little of Bessemer was appointed acting postmaster by Rep Battle. Little, a Gainesville native, succeeds Felton Collier who died Saturday and will assume duties once formal Post Office Department notification arrives.
Lavoptik offers prompt relief for sore inflamed itching and burning eyes with an eye cup included. Praised by thousands, money refunded if unsatisfied, available at all druggists.
An 18 year old American soldier wearing Korean attire staggered into a command post. Fellow doughboys jeered him as he tried to gain shelter among U S troops in Korea.
Pfc James Cannon of Medford Mass. recalls surviving a sixteenth century style ambush as eight men in a Kochang unit were cut down by machine gun fire during a Western front battle. He traded clothes with a refugee to escape and was aided by a South Korean villager who fed him raw eggs. Local events include church visits, family gatherings, and Harmony revival plans set for August at Harmony Church.
Mackenzie weighs American military aid to Korea against Moscow’s push to require Red China’s UN admission as a peace condition. He argues the Soviet move is a bribe to stop the North Korean advance and shift the balance in Asia, with implications for the war’s outcome.
I W Duggan farm credit administration governor praised farmer cooperatives as pure free business enterprises in a democracy during Alabama's first statewide meeting of 126 cooperatives held in Auburn.
A Ville Platte woman credits Hadacol with boosting her health after months of illness. She says vitamins B1 B2 iron and niacin improved nerves weight and overall well being. Doctors reportedly recommend Hadacol and the ad urges readers to avoid substitutes.
In a battlefield account a soldier says all he carried was his dogtags a pack of matches a few cigarettes and a medal of the Blessed Virgin Mary pulled from his pocket as he spoke of survival and faith.
The article reviews early trials of the antibiotic tetramycin. It is given by mouth, absorbed quickly, and may stay active up to 24 hours. It treats pneumonia, tonsillitis, throat infections, kidney and bladder infections, and shows promise against colon bacilli infections and influenza-related larynx issues while lacking effect on shingles. Further use to define best indications is needed.
Dorothea Dix style advice column with three letters about 40 year old homemaker seeking culture and rest, neighbor phone nuisance, and young lovers considering marriage. Answers emphasize motherhood's central value, social duties, practical steps for learning, and moral guidance on relationships.
The June quarter shows river traffic reaching a record peak, eliminating the prior first quarter deficit. For the first six months of 1950 traffic totals reach 614000 tons and 234500000 ton miles, with June figures 115600 tons and 43576000 ton miles above annual averages.
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