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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
3
Miami reports identify Miss Julia C. Kearney dead after authorities found her in a squalid cottage in slow starvation with a fortune in her possession. Mrs Kearney died Wednesday in North Dade hospital frail and emaciated from lack of food despite her wealth and isolation.
The body of Pfc. Cecil C. Wood who died overseas February 21 1944 will arrive in Russellville at 5 45 AM Thursday and be taken to his parents home where it will stay until Thursday night Bethelmer funeral Friday at 3 PM cemetery at ML Rev Paul Lang officiating Sprys will direct interment Wood enlisted in 1941 went overseas January 28 1944 Survived by parents Mr and Mrs R C Wood two sisters Mrs Stella Stewart Town Creek and Mrs Dora Vandiver Double Springs four brothers Esker Mt Hope Jack Hollywood Fla R M Russellville and Foster Wood Double Springs
Police and court curator investigated the two bedroom house of a 67-year-old recluse who lived alone since 1939. They recovered 19 900 dollars in cash and 80 000 in war bonds and securities along with valuable linens dishes and other items. She collapsed on a neighbor’s sidewalk and was taken to hospital after asking for milk and eggs. She kept 1800 in her handbag and sewed money into her clothes.
Decatur issued 25 building permits in July authorizing $80,350 in construction, exceeding June’s 21 permits and $70,350 in value. The July total is $10,000 higher in value than June’s, indicating stronger growth in permitting activity.
Junius Donald and Mary MacTavish seek a girl at the orphanage. A child is produced but Donald whispers for a boy recalling a cap found on a train. Home is happier in Decatur as little things run the house, provided there are no faucets.
Quote from Leo J. Burke asserts he is not henpecked, but claims he simply carries out all his wife asks. He frames obedience as voluntary and not a loss of autonomy.
A sailor rushed to the captain stuttering and was told to sing his message in poetry. He returned two hours later and sang about a bloomin cook washed overboard, twenty miles behind, in a Montreal Star quip. A later quip questions Congress investigations into un American long skirts.
A brief verse notes a husband sending his wife home to mutter in her sleep after being kept awake by nonsense. The fragment mentions F. G. Kernan and a side remark on garlic killing certain germs per scientists, ending abruptly.
Atlanta August 3 The housing expeditorKenneth A Campbell announced a continuing survey of all 136 controlled areas in the Southeast to determine when and if rent controls are no longer needed Initial surveys have been completed and forwarded to Washington and the effort covers eight Southeastern states.
A humorous dialogue features a professor student and a salesman. The freshman quips about repealing self preservation law while a customer questions whether a suit holds its shape. The salesman replies that spring suits use pure virgin wool and the customer jokes about sheep morals.
The speaker described surveys conducted in several states including Alabama with Talladega and Muscle Shoals areas, Georgia with Griffin and Savannah, South Carolina covering Spartanburg and Union counties, and Tennessee at Columbia Cooksville Fayetteville and Springfield. The regions cited indicate targeted county and city areas for data gathering.
Nat King Cole, famed singer, announces purchase of a $65,000 home in Hancock Park LA. He says he can afford it and wants to make it his home. Nearby residents protest citing racial restrictions. attorney says papers enforce those limits. Cole’s camp cites Supreme Court rulings ending race restrictions.
A revival will begin at Belleview Baptist Church on Moulton Road with two services daily at 10 AM and 7 PM starting Sunday.
Rev. Miller of Birmingham will do the preaching and the public was invited to attend all services. Thursday afternoon, August 5, has been set aside to clean the church yard and cemetery. All interested were invited to be present.
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