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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1944

Page

3

For Rent Rooms or apartment furnished or unfurnished

Classified item lists rental options from Mrs Homer Seeuecer and Mrs D A Scott. Includes route addresses and contact details. Also notes sale of a coal and wood heater in good condition available for viewing at home or by call. Debris text shows itemization typical of a small-town classifieds page.

Gale Braswell's Vinemont W. Bognee Mattie Smallwood Route 2 Somerville D. A. Scott Cal R. McMeans Route Decatur My Pine Bee E Io Lena Widner R. D. Eddy

Decatur Boy Wins Medal For Brave Air Mission

Sgt. Joe L. Cox Jr. of Decatur is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for extraordinary heroism as a gunner on a Liberator mission over Italy. He helped repel 16 MB-109s, damaged multiple fighters, survived heavy flak, and made a crash landing returning to friendly territory with the crew unharmed.

Joe L. Cox Jr Jewel Cox Canal St Decatur Cox Sgt. Cox Liberators Sgt Italy John P. Tomhave Montecideo Minn

Mystery in a Garden Shot and Revolver Clues Surface

In a tense hospital scene Craig Brent recaps a night attack and a revolver linked to his father. Drue Cable's alibi, Miss Cable’s presence in New York, and Nugent's hunting of truth drive the inquiry as clues surface about motive and the weapon’s ownership.

Soper Craig Conrad Brent Nugent Cable Conrad Drue Beevens Pete Chivery Fabious Xiskles Lopez Nurses’ Registry Office Drue Cable Brent John Wells Miss Cable Nicky Wilkins Claud

Winter grazing boosts milk as Morgan farmers report gains

Morgan County farmers report 35.7 percent using small grains or mixtures for winter grazing at the Decatur Cheese Plant. Hartselle farmer claims 20 percent more daily milk on winter grazing. Flint 4 H elects six officers including Celine Bennefield and Hershell Wells. County agent B G Hall notes CCC cotton program questions. Edward Thompson and wife milking two cows for the Decatur plant, expecting continued profits and wartime food production.

B. G. Hall Decatur H. D. Humphrey Hartselle Flint 4-H Club Celine Bennefield Sec-Treas Hershell Wells Glenn Johnson Paul Evans C. O. Light Gencg Hall G. Hall Edward Thompson Mt. Jon E. P. Garrett Thompson

Airplane Log Notes At Courtland Hangar

A B-24 Liberator arrived at Courtland Army airfield maintenance hangar after a flight with log notation Airplane Squeaks in traffic pattern. It departed with Airplane OK Traffic pattern greased.

Courtland Army Airfield

Warning to cotton growers on synthetic fiber threat

A spokesman warned that rayon and other synthetic fibers threaten cotton in domestic markets. Dr Claudius Murchison of the Cotton Textile Institute testified that synthetics are already reducing cotton's share and urged competitive pricing to keep cotton in mills. He spoke before a postwar planning committee led by Rep Pace.

Washington House Claudius T. Murchison Cotton Textile Institute of New York Murchison Rep Pace D.ga

Baptists name Reid as secretary of missions

The Alabama state Baptist executive board announced the election of Dr. A Hamilton Reid to succeed Dr. Frank M. Barnes as secretary of missions. Barnes will resign effective January 1 and take on special assignment work. Reid, vice president of Howard College, was chosen at a meeting in Montgomery.

Baptists Reid

Easygoing Wit and Wary Wisdom From Decatur Humors

A collage of light jokes and brief vignettes from Decatur readers. A minister’s plea, marriage quips, a parrot joke, a divorce plea, and reflections on war bond purchases mingle with local anecdotes and a biologist’s lesson about an ant.

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