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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1948
Page
12
Classified notice seeking a partner to cut timber on halves with contact details in Hartselie and nearby areas. Includes partial address and phone reference for response.
Charles Palmer lauds Senator John Sparkman of Alabama for a Senate resolution to study discriminatory practices nationwide before any civil rights legislation. The proposal calls for unbiased investigations across the country, including California and New York, and supports federal aid to education housing and health services to ensure equal rights while awaiting findings.
Mike Crain chairs a local committee planning a four and one half day train trip from Birmingham and Montgomery to Harrisburg Pennsylvania with a one day stop in Washington. The group will tour the state’s largest indoor farm products exposition and return Friday evening. Prices vary by berth or car type. extra Washington and Harrisburg visits may apply.
The article outlines travel by train to Hershey for inspection of the Coliseum and notes costs and minimum fares for Birmingham and Montgomery. It reports bottom land flooding along small streams, Elk River over banks threatening Limestone county crops, Cotaco Creek flooding in Morgan county, and credit to TVA flood control for preventing further damage.
Billy Don Tidmore aged 19 a Tarant high school senior died in a Birmingham hospital from injuries after a motorcycle fall Monday.
Robert Norris of Fayette Alabama is named one of six U S winners in the better methods electric contest at the 4 H Club Congress in Chicago. The 14 year old receives a 300 college scholarship from the Westinghouse Educational Foundation.
Yale and Columbia have met 26 times on the gridiron since their first clash in 1872, marking a long standing American college football rivalry.
Secretary Brannan announced a 22 percent reduction in the 1949 peanut acreage to 2,611,367 acres from 3,340,000 this year. The plan targets a crop of about 850,000 tons with government controls from a growers referendum, reflecting declining demand in the South.
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