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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1952
Page
17
A letter writer, aged 71, argues Republican administrations caused sole periods of hardship and banking turmoil. He urges readers to check bank deposits, mortgage sales, and unemployment trends to prove GOP governance harmed the common man and helped finance and industrial shifts southward.
Marine Sergeant Joe D. Trent of Hartselle currently at Yokosuka Naval Hospital in Japan undergoing treatment after injuries in Korea. The Morgan County high school athlete joined the Marines in April 1950 and has been in Korea since December 28, 1951. He was wounded in both arms and the face on August 9 in the Bunker Hill area.
A week of new donations brings the Mc Spadden Fund total to 637.76 dollars for John McSpadden and his seven member family who cannot work due to a rheumatic heart condition. Austinville contributors gave 146 dollars while The Daily had previously acknowledged 587.76 dollars. New gifts include 5 dollars from Good Fellowship Class Austinville Methodist Church 2 dollars from A sympathetic friend Elkmont 5 dollars from A friend 25 dollars from Brotherhood Class Hartselle Methodist Church 2 dollars from D T Taylor 10 dollars from Steadfast Sunday School Grace Baptist Church and 1 dollar from Esther Smith.
Decatur city schools will raise lunch prices to twenty five cents this year. Superintendent Walter Jackson noted many state schools have charged this amount for two years, and this is the first Decatur cafeteria price increase in eight years. He cited operating losses last year and principal concerns over sustaining satisfactory cafeteria operation.
The Rogersville community prepares for a large scale fair scheduled October 16 to 18 1952 aiming to surpass last year’s success. The notice lists officers committees and volunteers across multiple towns including Rogersville Cross Roads Center Star and Killen with exhibits in school commerce arts foods and livestock. Severe venom symptoms may mimic appendicitis per National Geographic Spitsbergen note.
CARDSTON Canada Fif teen new houses are being built this summer on the Blood Indian Reservation near here by members of the tribe. It is planned that eventually all Indians on the reservation will own their own homes, instead of living in tents. The planet Neptune has a density of about .24 that of the earth.
A letter from N E Winton of Decatur argues high taxes are inevitable and criticizes political blame shifting. He references taxation during wartime and suggests digging deeper for accountability beyond party lines.
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