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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1948

Page

3

One Man Killed In Boiler Blast in Jacksonville

A Jacksonville apartment building boiler explosion last night killed John A. Hayes 30 and injured a woman, with over 100000 dollars in damage. Debris filled yards as boiler room and garages were leveled and gas lines loosened. The blast caused roof damage to nearby homes and likely resulted from a faulty valve or dry boiler.

Jacksonville Fla Polis John A. Hayes Max Mack St. Vincent's Hospital T. ©. Peacock

Alabama court of appeals announces summer decisions

In a special summer session the Alabama court of appeals issued multiple rulings. Rehearings denied in Ethel Smith v State Washington circuit, Frank Helms v State Dale circuit, Reuben Sylvester Barger v State and Albert Blasengame alias v State. Others granted or stricken. opinions extended in Josephine Levert v State and Maburn Farley v State.

Montgomery Alabama Court of Appeals Ethel Smith State Washington Circuit Court Clyde Degraat Baldwin Circuit Court Frank Helms Dale _circuit court W. H. Russell, Jr Covington Josephine Levert Jefferson Circuit Court Maburn Farley Walker Circuit Court Reuben Sylvester Barger Tuscaloosa Willie Avery Green Charles Lewis Vaughn State Etowah Circuit Court Albert Blasengame, Alias State Lawrence Circuit Court

Star Gazer and Court Opinions Merge in Disjoint Ledger

The page blends horoscopes by Clay R. Pollan with a legal docket from various Alabama circuits. It lists star signs Aries through Scorpio and then details a sequence of Jefferson, Bullock, Morgan and other circuit court opinions. Multiple cases reference ex parte Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company and Burney Martin with affirmations and remands.

H. H. Lambert G. B. Jefferson, Jr Lee Circuit Court Bricken Richard Sims Bristow Bullock Circuit Court Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company Andrew R. Duncan Jefferson Circuit Court T.C.I. and R. C. Co T.C.I R.R. Co Burney Martin Dempsey Fred Rivers Ernest Earl Kennedy Tennessee Coal Iron—and Railroad Company RX. Co Aaron Reynolds Samuel Lee Miree Tennessee’Coal Iron and Railroad Company Burney Martin Tennessee Coal Iron, ‘and Railroad Company James Lee Miree Quitt T.c.j--And Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Colny R. R. Co Arney Martin Ms. Carr Elbert J. Hoones Alias State Conecuh State of Alabama W. L. Holt Elmore Dewey Atkins Walker Circuit Court R. J Rufus) Walker Harvey Ingram, Jr Etowah Milton Little, Alias Lawrence Brown Service Insurance Company, Inc Ray Childs Morgan Circuit Court Rosa Hurn J. D. Reynolds Marshall Harwood Grady Bonner Guy Alexander R. B. Doughty John Doe Pickens Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co C. W. Raney Jefferson L. T. Jones Troy E. Baker Charles D. Baker Raymond J. Baker

Diamond ring flaw sparks light hearted exchange

A couple jokes about a diamond ring with a flaw and remark that love is blind but not stone blind. A Decatur family scene contrasts youthful labor with mature wisdom, and a Pacific island medical alert hints at beri beri handled humorously by the Sea-Bees.

Pacific Medical Office

Quips and Snippets from Daily Life and Local Banter

A collage of brief vignettes and quips from a local page including a hotel water joke, forward thinking advice, a preacher nephew’s call, a nude painting misunderstanding, dating lines, a Moody quote on self, a grandmother studying Bible finals, and a physics quiz about ice price changes.

Royal romance rumored as Princess Margaret linked to Blandford

London reports a possible royal match as Princess Margaret, about to reach adulthood on Aug 21, is seen with the 22 year old Marquess of Blandford, Winston Churchill’s cousin. Blandford, son of the 10th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, is from Blenheim Palace’s storied lineage.

London Margaret Marquess of Blandford Winston Churchill Blandford Middle East Life Guards Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Blenheim Palace England Palace Circles

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