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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
11
Multiple offers including power tools machinery and joinery items from Jervis Foundry and Machine Co and Ed Watson. Includes planers saws lathes motors pumps and belts. Local ads list baby carriage bicycle roofing lumber and logs from Weaver Lumber Co with contact numbers and locations in Alabama.
Mor gan County files condemnation applications for easements to locate U S Highway 31 from Lacon to north of Hartselle. Hearings set September 20 1950 at Decatur courthouse. Also public notice for Rosa Lee F Thrasher bill in equity with four weekly publications.
Davis Lumber Company scored 9 runs in the 11th inning to beat Good Hope 19 to 10 and advance to meet Good Hope in the final. Key moments included a two-run steal by Joe Heatherly, a triple by Graf, and a nine-run 11th inning powered by Fink Heatherly and Smith. James Heatherly earned the win, with Ellis Calvert taking the mound for Good Hope.
Mrs Anna M Hayes explains she prays while driving to maintain concentration and avoid tickets. She notes courtesy, good judgment, and an average speed of 35 mph as factors behind 25 years of safe motoring.
The court orders publication once weekly for four consecutive weeks in The Decatur Daily to require Kathleen Snipes Davis to plead answer or demur to the bill of complaint by September 29, 1950 or 30 days afterward the bill may be confessed. The order notes Kathleen Snipes Davis is a non resident of Alabama and the address is unknown.
Tokyo reports that several high ranking officers urge a drastic overhaul of U S Army recruiting and training after painful Korean frontline lessons. They argue for selecting fighting men willing to die if needed and training for rugged terrain over conventional roads and comfort.
Sgt Charles Umi of Honolulu and Cpl Lester Drake of Toronto, both with the 555th Field Artillery Battalion, hid in Red infested hills for 18 days after their position was ambushed. They trudged to American lines and were rushed to a hospital, exhausted but alive.
Santa Ana firefighters respond swiftly to a distress call and liberate two year old Carol Scott from a locked bathroom. A locksmith fireman dismantled the stubborn lock and freed the child within an hour of the alert.
An estimate notes that roughly 10 percent of a car's total cost comes from the steel used in its construction. The figure highlights steel as a key material in vehicle manufacturing and cost structure.
A weekend revival begins Saturday night at Mt View with messages by Reverend William Tanner of Bessemer. Attendees invited. Several local residents and visitors are noted in church and community visits this week, including families and relatives visiting in Morgan County and nearby towns.
US envoy to India and Burma says most of Indonesia’s 20 million Chinese work in cross border smuggling between Indonesia and Malaya. He notes traders supply Malaya and Singapore and that coast guard limits hinder policing. Dr Soedarono adds this harms Indonesia’s economy.
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