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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1941
Page
7
Tempers flare as Fort Lauderdale commissioners argue over where firemen should sit between calls. Eastman says front-of-station seating looks idle, while Pynchon says it keeps them sociable with passersby. The vote to keep the status quo stalls with two commissioners absent.
Fred Hunt, promoted from Granite Reformatory, assumed command at McAlester Penitentiary as funeral services were held for Jess Dunn who was slain in a Sabbath break. Gov. Phillips announced the appointment last night.
Governor Eugene Talmadge says Georgia will celebrate Thanksgiving on the traditional last Thursday in November. President Roosevelt had moved the holiday earlier in recent years but will revert to the original date in 1942, allowing calendar makers a year for changes.
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