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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1950
Page
7
General Motors voted to give stockholders an extra 110,260,000 dividend, 2.50 per share, added to the regular 1.50 third quarter, bringing total payments for three quarters to 7.00. The six month earnings reached 485,277,389, an all time high, versus 656,434,232 a year earlier.
The Oak Ridge singing school under E R Ward of Arab ends after three weeks with a concert in the church. The public is invited to attend the closing program at eight o clock.
Plans for the Butler outline a 30 by 24 foot frame house with siding asphalt shingles concrete steps a trellis at the entrance and a large picture window. The floor plan covers 720 square feet with cutage 14 040. For more information contact the Small House Planning Bureau St. Cloud Minn.
Four VA provided answers clarifyGI Bill training durations for on-the-job and apprentice programs. It notes vocational handicap requirements for Public Law 16 training and explains burial allowance and compensation timing for a World War I veteran’s dependent. It also sets a July 25 1957 deadline to apply for a GI loan for a 1945 Army discharge veteran.
Veterans may obtain answers to questions about benefits by visiting or contacting the nearest VA office for guidance and application help.
Zookeeper B J Davis attempted to teach his monkey tricks in Sanford Florida on August 8. When the monkey refused to eat Davis spanked him and made him sit in a corner. The animal retaliated by slashing at his arm requiring two stitches and displacing Davis trousers with its teeth.
In Glendale California parents at R D White Elementary School are told to blame a teacher for missing tire inner tubes as Mrs. C Juanita McGowan the handicraft superintendent has children crafting beard and play shoes from discarded tubes. The shoes are sewn with yarn and fixed with metal clips and decorated with wooden beads. The cost to make each pair is nominal.
Idaho voters chose nominees in primaries marked by local bitterness and national interest. Taylor seeks Democratic renomination amid controversy over alleged communist ties, while Dworshak faces GOP rivals for the four year seat. Other Idaho contests include two House seats and state offices. Arkansas and Nebraska primaries also held with varying competitiveness.
Red China shore batteries opened fire on a Norwegian freighter Pleasantville off Hong Kong home waters, missing the ship. It marked the third straight day of shelling near the harbor where American and British vessels were also struck and two British officers were lightly burned.
Winnipeg police pursue a moving method to keep criminals out of the city. Veterans recall a time of many arrivals from Canada and the Northwest United States, but detectives now urge newcomers to move on. Chief Charles Maciver defends the approach as efficient, despite criticism from courts and other departments.
Tokyo dispatch reports American F-80 jets attacking rail yards and bridges at Seoul and nearby targets. Fifth Air Force and Navy Corsairs supported ground forces, hitting rail yards, bridges, and enemy positions from Seoul to Andong with multiple bomber and fighter sorties.
Korean refugee from Seoul told a news conference Russia promised Red Korea two Manchurian provinces after the war. Capt. Kenneth R. Cornell, liaison with South Korean forces, cited a teacher who escaped Seoul July 27 as the source, urging it as reliable. He claims 3,000 killed in Seoul air raids by July 27. Two North Korean refugee girls said they were pressed into the Red army with fifth column spying roles and ordered to pose as refugees in Yechon to report on South Korean troops and gear. South Korean police jailed them after investigation. The girls said Reds were impressing childless women 18 to 30, with some trained for combat or espionage. He described North Korean troops as largely young.
New Delhi reports the government seeks a program to control prices and distribution, step up imports and boost production. It consults states on measures as prices for spices metals chemicals and drugs have surged, in some cases by about 100 percent.
Crossword clues cover bent themes, geography, numbers, objects and language. Down and across entries mix in diverse terms while a cryptogram quotes daily solver challenge with a Proverbic line as yesterday's solution.
Two lieutenants and a sergeant of the 24th infantry division received Distinguished Service Crosses for heroism under fire in Korea. Lt James C Little and Lt Warren G Lewis earned the awards for actions near Chowan and Chochi won on July 8 and 9, including destroying tanks and machine gun nests and guiding withdrawal under heavy enemy pressure. Sgt Russell P Tyler of Cranston R I also cited for courage in similar engagements.
Sawmills and gristmills marked Utah’s initial industrial activities, establishing the region’s early economy and local timber and flour processing infrastructure.
John Henry Granta, 32, an aircraft engineer, convicted of attempting to wipe out his fame with a time bomb, was denied access to see his two children Marie Ann and Robert Earle after his divorce. He faces up to 120 years in prison for attempting to murder his wife and children for $25,000 in insurance. The bomb in a suitcase was found before an airliner departure on April 17. no one was injured.
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