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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
8
A Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent filed extradition papers for two men wanted in Georgia for a hired murder case. The action proceeds in Montgomery Alabama on August 3. Further details not disclosed.
In Mobile and nearby rural community a seven year old girl Laura Evelyn Hinton smothered in a cave landslide and eleven year old Lynwood Middleton died after falling from a barn loft and impaling on a broken pitchfork handle. Authorities report warrants signed for Clarence O Revels and Joe Allred as alleged gunmen in Stringfellow's murder for $1000 with arrests and extradition proceedings underway.
By decree dated July 26 1948 I Bryan McAfee Register will sell at public outcry in front of the Morgan County Court house Decatur Alabama on August 30 1948 the described property including multiple parcels in Morgan and Lawrence Counties totaling 10 acres plus adjacent parcels and a 1/4 acre tract. Sale subject to court confirmation. July 26 1948. Bryan McAfee Register July 27 Aug 3 10.
The Morgan County Board of Education will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the county school bus shop on August 5 starting at 2 p.m. the equipment includes a 1937 Chevrolet school bus with 154 inch wheel base two 1937 Dodge school buses with 195 inch wheel base two school bus bodies composite construction. The board may reject all bids. Signed H. R. Leeman Superintendent. July 31 August 3.
The Public Housing Administration offers for sale and removal part of Temporary War Housing Project Ala-1142 Courtland Downs in Courtland Alabama 18 miles west of Decatur. It includes 13 one story rowtype buildings A-3 B-1 2 8 10 C-5 6 9 D-4 7 23 24 25 totaling 87 units with salvageable materials and equipment transferring to the winning bidder. Concrete slabs foundations underground utilities and electrical distribution system remain.
Buena Vista subdivision near South Decatur grows with 18 completed houses and 13 more under construction. Homes range five to six rooms on 75 foot wide lots with 140 to 160 foot depths and electric heat. The project began in April on a 60 acre area with a future park, pool, tennis courts, and paved streets. FHA and GI loans approved. bids due August 17 for priority holders and August 31 for non priority bidders.
The notice states temporary structures must be removed unless acquired by a Fears Agency for on-site use and sites restored as contract documents require. Inquiries to Mr Charles H Parker Housing Manager PHA Decatur Alabama during business hours. Property sold for cash with priority bidding and salvage material bids invited if no priority.
Oklahoma Republicans draft a bill to change 40 year old segregation laws opening white universities to black students when Langston University lacks offered graduate work. Negro leaders vow to re appeal the segregation issue to state and federal courts after Judge Hinshaw denied orders allowing three black women to attend the University of Oklahoma.
In Budapest on August 3, Arpad Szakasits a former mason journalist and poet was elected president by the parliamentary vote which was reported as unanimous He succeeds Zoltan Tildy who resigned after his son in law was implicated in a separate espionage case Dr Victor Csornoky was arrested and charged with treason Imre Nagy announced Szakasits as the sole candidate amid party factions in the parliament dispute
W A Whetstone a vocational teacher at the Morgan county training school appeals to rural residents to upgrade mail boxes. Demonstration boxes were set up at Danville at David Hardin’s home and Valdermosa Springs at William Jennings’s home. He advises small boxes on 6 by 6 inch posts 48 inches high and large boxes on 8 by 8 posts 40 inches high.
Both opposition groups walked out. They returned to their seats after the speaker declared Szaka sits elected.
The plan calls for posts to be painted white and branded on both sides with the owner’s last name. The arrangement aims to clearly identify property boundaries and deter trespass as part of a fencing or boundary project.
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