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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1955

Page

18

Ruby Pendant Mystery at Fifth Ave Dime Store

In a Fifth Avenue dime store Sara Dacre buys the Fire of India ruby hidden by Max. At Aunt Caroline’s elegant home the group investigates the missing pendant amid cloaked motives. Edna Creel demands searches. no one is found to be the thief as the ruby vanishes then reappears in daylight.

Fifth Avenue New York Sara Dacre Moxon China Caroline Sarah Miss Dacre Dixon Clive Sara Clive Gregory Sallust Edna Creel Edna Sallust Gerry Stevens Aunt Caroline Dickson Clive Bellagio Gerry Howe Dr. Sallust

Reds May Beat U S To Draw On Satellite

In Copenhagen Prof Leonid Sedov said the Soviet Union will create an artificial earth satellite within two years and may launch it in 1957. He suggested the device could be much larger than the U S plan for 1957 58 and noted the United States announced a space project last Friday. Sedov heads the Soviet delegation to the Astronautical Congress.

Copenhagen Denmark Russia Leonid I. Sedov U.S.S.R United States Eisenhower Sedov

Polio Returns Hit 35 Alabama Counties

Thirty-five of Alabama's 67 counties have reported polio this year, with 72 cases through the week ending July 23. Jefferson County leads with 15, Montgomery with seven, followed by Walker with four and Chambers, Lauderdale and Shelby with three each. Several counties reported two or one cases.

Montgomery Alabama Jefferson County Walker Chambers Lauderdale Shelby Baldwin Mobile Calhoun Sumter Etowah Lowndes Cullman Talladega Covington Madison Houston Franklin St. Clair Bibb

Nearly 200 Jailed After Bloody Riots in French Morocco

Reports from Casablanca and Moulay Idriss say about 200 people were arrested after violent clashes during Abdel-Kebir festival weekend Riots left dozens dead in Moulay Idriss Marrakech and Port Lyautey 128 arrests and 60 at Moulay Idriss were noted with ongoing Algerian clashes and French force actions in the east.

Casablanca French Morocco Abdel-Kebir Moulay Idriss Marrakech Port Lyautey U.S. Naval Air Base Algeria

Dixie Textile Leader Paul Redmond Passes

Paul A. Redmond 72 died suddenly Tuesday at his Mountain Brook home likely from a heart attack. He was president of Alabama Mills since 1930 and a former president of the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Assn. and Associated Industries of Alabama. Born in Floyd County Georgia, he married Sallie Agnes Burkharter in 1906 and is survived by his wife, one son and five daughters.

Birmingham Ala Paul A. Redmond Mountain Brook Redmond Alabama Mills Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Assn Associated Industries of Alabama Floyd County Sallie Agnes Burkhamter

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