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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
6
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President Truman plans a private talk with Chief Justice Vinson at the Little White House to discuss the state of the union message and national strategy. Budget director Frank Pace arrives for talks on next year’s fiscal plan likely to top 41.9 billion and may reach 45 billion. David Niles and David Stowe join the staff as Truman pushes for liberalized displaced persons legislation despite McCarran opposition.
A Chicago committee studied traffic congestion from all workers leaving and starting at the same time. It urged Mayor Martin H. Kennelly to shift work hours for about 23,000 Loop employees to start at 8 a.m. and finish at 4:30 p.m. including City Hall and financial firm staff.
The first all electric radio sets, developed nearly 25 years ago, removed the storage battery from their design.
Mackenzie notes ritual killings in Basutoland and other regions, recounting 293 bodies found over seven years and possible many more unreported. He cites voodoo rites in the West Indies and Hindu Sadhus in Asia and the Americas, describing belief in spirits, exorcism, and curses used for gain, with anecdotes from Trinidad and other locales.
Funeral services for Mrs Leacie Coffee Tanner 70 were held at her son's home in Athens Thursday afternoon. Death followed complications from a broken hip sustained last month. Rev H R Peyton officiated with Dr R B Laventer assisting. Burial in city cemetery. She was daughter of the late Capt John D Coffee and Mary Easter Coffee and leaves son Jack Tanner district game warden and sister Mrs Archie Lawson, both of Athens.
Willemite, a mineral mainly composed of zinc silicate, was named in honor of Wilhelm I, King of the Netherlands.
Reverend Earl Mathis led a Wednesday afternoon service at Greenbrier Baptist Church for Charles Fox Fen nell aged 79 who died after a lingering illness at his Belle Mina home. Burial followed at the family plot.
ROOM AND BOARD in the Decatur city cemetery. Surviving are the widow Mrs Hattie Fennell two sons Floyd R Fennell Belle Mina and Charles H Fennell Birmingham and two sisters Miss Eva Fennell and Mrs Fannie Neal both of Decatur. MRS MAMIE WORD DEATH VICTIM at the First Christian church of Athens Monday by Dr Robert Simpson the pastor for Mrs Mamie McCully Ward 74 who died at a local hospital Sunday after illness of several weeks. Burial by McConnell followed in the city cemetery. A representative of an old family of this county Mrs Word had the respect of all who knew her. Surviving are one son Edward E Word Athens two daughters Mrs Wood Price Bessemer and Miss Mila Word Montgomery one brother F G Bates Athens and one sister Mrs Lizzie McClure Tanner.
The late John L Baird in England is credited with the first demonstration of color television in 1928 carving a niche in broadcast history. This milestone highlights Baird's pioneering role amid early experimental television work.
Annie Owens and son Frank relocate from North Carolina to make their home in the Cedar Creek area. John R. Holmes returns to Bladon Springs after visiting relatives. Singers attended Hanceville theatre event. Coleman Holmes and family visit Decatur with Harris Pannell parents. Ted Simmons Decatur and Cleo Skinner Morris families guests of W. O. Simmons. Edith Miller Decatur visits her mother. Joe Wheeler Electrical Corp progresses with a local electric project. B W Holmes Piney Grove visits relatives. Reminder of services Saturday night and Sunday.
South Americans prepare mate by steeping leaves from one holly species to create a tea like beverage. The process uses a hollow gourd and a metal straw, commonly shared in social gatherings across Argentina Uruguay Paraguay and southern Brazil.
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