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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1950

Page

6

X ray fees capped for draftees in Alabama units

Col John O Lawrence says Alabama district doctors and labs charge a $5 max per man for X rays with some labs at $2 for smaller plates. About 1,250 X rays expected in Mobile and Gadsden each month while examinations in Montgomery by Maxwell air force base officers are free.

John O. Lawrence Alabama Military District Mobile Gadsden Montgomery Maxwell Air Force U. S Birmingham Col Lawrence Milwaukee Alabama National Guard Mobile Marine Hospital

Funeral rites held for infant Philys Nadine Anders

Funeral services for Philys Nadine Anders infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Nathan Anders of Danville were held Friday at 11 AM at Danville Methodist church with Rev Sammy Stabler officiating. Interment followed at Herring Cemetery Peck directing. She died at her home Thursday at 3 PM Surviving are her parents and grandparents Hilliard Anders of Danville and Charles McMillian of Hartselle.

Little Philys Nadine Anders Nathan Anders Danville 1 Sammy Stabler Danville Methodist Church Herring Cemetery Peck Hilliard Anders Charles McMillian Hartselle 2

Danish Explorer Bering Charts Northeast Asia 1728

In 1728 the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, serving Russia, mapped the Northeast Asian coast and the Bering Strait region, expanding geographic knowledge and maritime routes.

Bering Russia Asia Bering Straits

Mrs T M Wynn Called Home in Hartselle Rites

Final rites for Mrs. T. M. Wynn 63 widow of Rev. T. M. Wynn will be Sunday at 2 PM at Hartselle Methodist Church. She died after months of illness in Hartselle hospital. Burial is in Hartselle city cemetery. Survivors include two sons Dennis Wynn and Earl Wynn, two daughters Mrs. Jim Cain and Mrs. Harry Shaddix, and five grandchildren.

T. M. Wynn Hartselle Methodist Church

Promotion Announced Of Two Wolverine Plant Workers

Wolverine Tube Division promotes two local men to supervisory roles. Clarence B. Davis of 315 Seventh Avenue West becomes pin and die assistant foreman effective September 1, replacing John Barron who returns to the Detroit plant. James W. Hinkle of Hartselle is promoted to machine tool department assistant foreman effective September 1, after starting with the company in 1948. Plant Manager D. W. Blend says promotions reflect the firm's policy of advancing current employees and expanding internal opportunities.

Clarence B. Davis Seventh Avenue West Mr. Davis John Barron Detroit James W. Hinkle Hartselle Mr. Hinkle Blend

Church of God Ends Annual Meeting in Birmingham

The Church of God with 150000 members reported tithing receipts of 620753 as part of 2074468 annual income at the 43rd general assembly in Birmingham. Major expenditures included 370865 for Lee College and 259993 to the missionary fund. Rev. E W Williams named state overseer for Alabama as the meeting nears its end.

Birmingham Ala Church of God General Assembly Lee College Cleveland E. W.williams Alabama Southeastern United States

Casualties Arrive at Mobile From Korea War Zone

Seven wounded American soldiers from Korea rested in Mobile before leaving for the Army Navy general hospital at Hot Springs Arkansas. They had arrived from California and stopped at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts where 44 other war casualties were entered in the hospital. The Federal Communications Commission has a chairman and six members all appointed by the President. The first sponsored radio broadcast over WEAF New York in 1922 cost 100 dollars for a ten minute real estate sales talk. A woman has lived in Hartselle since 1942.

Mobile Ala Korea Army-Navy General Hospital Hot Springs Ark California Westover Air Force Base Mass Federal Communications Commission WEAF New York

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Just Turnip Wayne Paul C. Davis Clarence Davis J. W. Hinkle Wolverine Wolverine Tube Division D. W. Blend Joe Wheeler Electric Co-op Decatur, Alabama Jasper AEA Joe Wheeler Hartselle, Alabama Pvt Joseph D. Lee J. J. Lee Hartseller Lackland Air Force Base Air Force International Harvester Joe Wheeler Electric Coop Decatur Livestock Coliseum Vester Home Electric Appliances Laurel ST The Decatur Truck & Tractor Co., Inc E. Moulton ST H. Ryan Appliance and Furniture Hickory ST G. P. Frost Tractor Company
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