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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1949
Page
10
Two local men’s clothing stores, W. M. Bailey and Co. and Wilder’s, received national publicity for their shirt promotion. In Van Huesen Graphic, a company publication sent to dealers and employees nationwide, the stores are noted as striking examples of retailer advertising cooperation.
Pvt William R Brown 22 son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Brown 1105 E Moulton St Decatur serves as squad leader in A Company 32nd Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division. Enlisted July 1948 trained at Fort Jackson then Fort Lawton sent to Far East Command, Japan with 12th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division before joining 32nd Infantry Regiment known as The Spearhead for WWII record.
Two Decatur Alabama retailers Wilder's and W M Bailey Co joined on a full page Father's Day ad in The Decatur Daily sharing space costs. The cooperative spread appeared in color and showcased Van Huesen shirts among other merchandise.
AP report details Rep. George Andrews proposal to fund 50 year Treasury bonds for new post offices in about 48 Alabama towns with annual receipts of $10,000. The plan, in Ways and Means, would have bonds pay 2.5 percent interest and require rent from other agencies. The measure, supported by Alabama leaders, envisions rapid construction and broader access to post offices in small towns, including Abbeville to York, amid housing legislation ties and agricultural programs news.
Charles Garrett, a well known local resident, broke a leg Friday when he fell from a scaffold at his home 207 Fourth Avenue West. His daughter, Mary Louise Garrett, a Decatur high school teacher, said he was working on asbestos siding. He was taken to Hamilton Clinic Hospital by Brown's Ambulance.
Plymouth area readers will see the 1950 Studebaker models in Pryor Motor Company showrooms on Tuesday August 30. Nathan Pryor says the new cars draw strong enthusiasm from New York and Chicago previews and offer a striking airplane fuselage hood with air-foil fenders and a chrome spinner.
Antarctic icebergs exceed a mile in length with some measured at 20 to 30 meters. The Tea Bureau notes that two thirds of Americans aged 12 and over drink iced tea during summer.
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