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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
7
Charles Brewer pastor of Grant Street Church of Christ in Decatur shared a clock making history and the distinct types with clocks on display. He and his wife attended the Lions Club gathering with 38 members and four guests present.
Engineers first spoke of television as visible telephony describing the concept as an extension of video and voice communication. The phrase signals early thinking about transmitting pictures alongside sound, framing television as a broader communications medium.
Doan's Pills offer relief for kidney and bladder issues. The ad claims tired kidneys cause backache swelling and dizziness and promotes Doan's as a stimulant diuretic used for over 50 years to flush waste from the blood.
Morgan County updates note dinner visits by Mr and Mrs W R Sivley and others, a December 1 birth of Monte Lazalle to Vestor Winton, and local visits by L A Couey and O B Allen. Ella Grizard ill at Hartselle hospital. Center Springs revival underway with day and night services inviting all.
The Fish and Wildlife Service tagged 20,000 fur seal pups in the Pribilof Islands off Alaska this past summer bringing the total tagged since 1947 to 58,000. The agency aims to learn growth rates mortality from killer whales and other hazards travel habits and related data.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed about one hundred acres of woodland in Morgan County causing several thousand dollars in timber loss. Community notes report illness and visits among residents, with local names including W J Keys W S Bean Dee Lawrence and Frédérick Bates. Weather praised as unusually good for farmers preparing land for spring planting.
The United States paid 25000000 for the Virgin Islands, three and a half times the Alaska purchase. The islands cover 133 square miles, Alaska 586400 square miles.
In Mobile Alabama Grand Wizard William Hugh Morris announced that Ku Klux Klan members in Southwest Alabama were called back to active service. Crosses burned on major approaches to Mobile accompanied a news briefing by Morris and E C Barnard who said they had been rebuilding the Klan locally for over a year. Sheriff W H Holcombe ordered the crosses examined as evidence in the investigation.
Reverend J. W. Henderson missed the Sunday afternoon service due to a funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Singleback and their children visited the Heaps and Lizzie King households. Jess Terry is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foshee. Several from Harmony church were mentioned in casual social items.
The report lists attendees at Mobilization Night at Wrenchurch on Monday. It notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Zelmer Eades and Elwood to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Montgomery, on Sunday afternoon. It also records Mrs. Annie Mills and Addie visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Heaps and Mrs. Lizzie King on Monday afternoon.
John Bidegain, a 36 year old Frenchman who lost his nose in 1942, creates a prosthetic nose from plaster, clay, and plastics after becoming indigent at Rancho Los Amigos. He overcomes job barriers with a handmade replacement.
A regional artisan showcases his craft by sculpting a life mask and applying cosmetics and spirit gum. He now prepares a plaster mold for a new job opportunity with Abbey, marking a transition from performance to design work.
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