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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1950

Page

9

Various for sale items and notices in local ads

A mix of advertisements lists for sale items including heavy equipment like a 110 M.P. Continental diesel engine and a 10 inch four side planer from Jervis Foundry and Machine Co. Also offers for cotton gins, an 85 f.p. Buda engine, sewing machines from Lytton C Walker, metal clothes line posts, a kitchen cabinet, and building supplies. Wording includes prices and contact details for Jervis Foundry and other vendors in Athens Alabama.

Jervis Foundry Andachine Co Jervis Foundry and Machine Co F.p. Buda Jervis Foundry and Machine Company

Woman Victim Of Double Slaying Not Identified

Atlanta police said they could not identify the woman killed in a double slaying. Lieutenant J W Gilbert said detectives believed the other victim was Mr Vivian Morgan, about 37 or 38, of Columbus Georgia.

Atlanta J. W. Gilbert Vivian Morgan Columbus

Party For Guardsmen Is Given At Lacon

A community party in Lacon hosted National Guardsmen. Guests included local residents Billy Joe and Dorothy Parker and U S officials. a plaque ceremony in Derna honored marines who captured the fort in 1805. Guardsmen head to Fort Campbell in late August.

Tripoli U. S Montezuma Derna Mohammed Sagissy Lacon Billy Joe Dorothy Parker Lacon 1 Com W. C. Dutton Fort Campbell

Washington faces arms aid reversal amid Far East tensions

Mackenzie's column argues a reversal of arms aid to Chinese nationalists fits Western aims to curb Red China. Hariman will discuss Far Eastern policy with General MacArthur in Tokyo while Life correspondent John Osborne notes Chinese communism advances in Asia with Moscow backing.

Washington Formosa Russia Moscow John Osborne Life Magazine Far East Manila Hong Kong Tokyo Asia Soviet Union Chiang Kai- Shek Peiping Korea

Relative fail to identify body in Alabama homicide case

A half brother could not positively identify the woman’s body as relatives search for remains. John Thomas Smith, 26, negro, faces murder charges for killing the unnamed woman and Doris Verman Miller of Hartford, Alabama. The report closes with a note on the boa constrictor being native to the new world.

DAILY CROSSWORD AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE TEASE

A crossword puzzle grid with clues across and down for common words and a cryptoquote featuring LONGFELLOW as the source. The page includes a Saturday cryptoquote by King Features Syndicate with a quotation about truth and wrong.

Lowell King Features Syndicate

U S Airmen Learn Diplomacy in North Africa

In Tripoli Libia U S. airmen sailors and marines in this strategic North African area act as spare time diplomats. They practice hospitality with Arab hosts greeting WELCOME in their houses and seeking friendly exchanges despite wartime strain. The article notes the value of soft power alongside military aims.

Fred O. Easley, Jr U. S Mediterranean Fordyce Ark Wheelus Field North Africa MATS Military Air Transport Service Robert Hewett Tripoli North African

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