Decatur Housing Boom Hits Shortage Despite New Homes
Mary Huffaker reports Decatur sees rapid residential growth with 135 permits issued for single family homes this year and more apartments planned. Builders say demand from new residents and families outpaces supply, especially for low cost four to six room houses priced around 6000 to 8000 dollars. Chamber of Commerce cites need for more low cost housing and landlords willing to accept families with children.
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Mary Huffaker
Dannit
Decatur
Creulty
Htcom
Tye
Chamber of Commerce
H. R. Summer
Birmingham
Labor Day Program at Decatur Country Club
A Labor Day program of swimming events and water sports will be held at the Decatur Country Club in the afternoon, followed by a barbecue supper. Club members are urged to meet Monday morning at 9 to participate, with Mrs. C. D. Cottingham and Mrs. W. J. Duncan in charge of water activities.
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Decatur Country Club
C. D. Cottingham
W. J. Duncan
Slayings on Florida Beach Lead to Alburty Arrest
Sheriff Harris reports the arrest of Clarence Alburty after a lengthy Florida Georgia coast investigation into the Ormond Beach slayings. Alburty allegedly confessed to joining a partner in a beach crime that killed a man and raped a woman, with details tied to a jeep lights sighting.
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Blount
Miss Huck
Alburty
Jones
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Georgia State Patrol
W. M. Harris
Alberty
Harris
Raiford
Fla
Jacksonville
Reidsville
Florida
Roger Bond
Albany Herald
Palmetto Grove
Wallace Visit in Durham Sparks Race Related Controversy
An Associated Press dispatch reports Wallace and Dr. Clark Foreman will lodge in private homes rather than hotels after reservations at a Durham hotel were canceled. Mary Price says Viola Scott and five party members will stay with Black residents, while confirming no details on the five’s race. Wallace, once Roosevelt’s Secretary of Agriculture, previously visited Decatur to see kin and a family property later used by the local American Legion post.
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Associated Press
Durnham
North Carolina
Wallace
Clark Foreman
Atlanta
Durham
Mary Price
Viola Scott
Decatur
Roosevelt
South
W. B. Edmundson
Lelia Cantwell
Seaton Hall
American Legion
Revenues Set for Hartselle Schools and Auction Bid Rejections
The board of education directed revenue to Hartselle schools. Four bids for Cotaco auditorium gymnasium were rejected due to insufficient funds. Homer Hutchinson had the lowest bid at 58848 dollars. Superintendent authorized to solicit new bids starting September 23.
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Board of Education
Cotaco
Homer Hutchinson
Superintendent of Education
Skull-Diggery Is Fun in Cobden Ill
Brothers Joe and Charles Thomas have dug skeletons and skulls for 15 years in southern Illinois bluff country. Their finds include cremated bones and group burials suggesting early North American living patterns and Asiatic prehistoric links. They share skulls with neighborhood children as a hobby and note evidence of marrow use.
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Cobden
Ill
Joe
Charles Thomas
Illinois Bluff
Ilinois
Maneuvers Set For Air Guard In Savannah
Air National Guardsmen from seven Southeastern states begin a two week training period at Hunter Field Savannah on schedule despite a hurricane off Florida. Twenty three planes depart Atlanta tomorrow with more aircraft and troops moving by rail to Savannah and Nashville.
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Atlanta
Air National Guardsmen of the
Southeast
Hunter Field
Savannah
34Th Air National Guard
Florida
Memphis
Nashville
Air National Guardsmen
Southeastern States
African Ancestors of Negro Represent Diversified Tribes
The article asserts that African ancestors of the American negro embody tribal diversity comparable to Europe, arguing for wide variation among people of African heritage similar to European nations.
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Europe
Wallace Wins Talk Permit With Segregation Rules
Jefferson county commissions grants Henry A. Wallace a permit to speak before Birmingham courthouse on Sept. 1 with enforcement of state and city segregation laws. Wallace itinerary includes Decatur Huntsville Guntersville Gadsden Smithfield Fairfield with a 7:30 p.m. radio address.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County Commission
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Progressive Party
Eugene Connor
H. S. Whisler
Alabama
Robert A. Travis
J. P. Mooney
Progressive Party of
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Taylor
Allace
Travis
State Department of Public Safety
Decatur
Ala
Huntsville
Gunnersville
Gadsden
Smithfield Court
Fairfield
Hughes Rites Held Tuesday
President Truman sent a sympathy note to the Hughes family after Charles Evans Hughes died at 86. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Riverside Church New York City conducted by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick with private burial to follow. The late justice died Aug. 5 after a heart condition. His son and two daughters were with him.
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Osterville
Mass
Truman
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Supreme Court
Washington
Riverside Church
New York City
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hughes
Wianna Club
Charles Evans Hughes Jr
New York
William T. Gosse
Tennis Finals Set In North Alabama Championship
Leslie Longshore and Rex Godwin of Anniston will meet for the North Alabama tennis championship singles title after semifinals wins. Longshore beat Gordon Warden 6-1 6-4 6-3, while Godwin toppled Paul Anderson 6-2 6-0 8-10 6-4. Doubles final sees Longshore-Durrett vs Dishman-Godwin.
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Huntsville
Ala
Leslie Longshore
Rex Godwin
Anniston
Longshore
Gordon Warden
Godwin
Paul Anderson
Tim Durrett
Annistonite
Dishman
Durett
Charles
Anderson
Ralph Ford
Rangers Graduate From Alabama Training School
RANGERS trained at Little River state forest in Uriah Alabama will graduate its first class tomorrow. State Forester J M Suauffer says the program covers tree identification report preparation equipment care and maintenance and surveying fire rated areas. A new class will begin tomorrow.
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Urtah
Ala
Alabama Forest Rangers
Little River State Forest
J. M. Suauffer
Nebraska Boys Calf Exhibit Sponsorship Program Initiated
Nebraska Friday meeting outlines a plan where Decatur business men sponsor farm boys in calf development. Calves will be shipped by rail to Decatur, with sponsors supporting financing and monitoring progress alongside extension workers and teachers.
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Decatur
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Adams
E. W. McLeod
Morgan County Nationa Bank
Ewell K. Gregg
Chamber
J. M. Crain
Meadow Gold Dairies
Barret Shelton
the Decatur Daily
Dentist Leon House named head of Alabama dental hygiene division
Montgomery Alabama August 28 Dr Leon House of Bloomer Wisconsin will become director of the division of dental hygiene in the state Health Department effective September 1 Anouncement of House appointment was made by Dr J S Tough director of the Health Department bureau of maternal and child health
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Ntgomery
Ala
Leon House of
Bloomer
Wig
Division of
Dental Hygiene
State Health Department
House
J. S. ‘Ough
Health Department
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
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King Fase
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Alabama Press Association
Denny Chimes
University of Alabama
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Alabama College For Women
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Hartselle
Joe Thomas
Southern
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Guaraneed
Joe Hagler
Royal Tire Service
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Rangers
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Prompt Service
Decatur Typewriter Co
First Ave
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