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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1945
Page
3
Records from Morgan County list numerous marriage licenses including Ernest Leland Riggs Jr of Miami with Dorothy Shirley White of Brooklyn and Odie E. Lacey of Decatur with Flossie Mae Parker of Decatur plus others. Deeds show transfers such as J H Blackwood to Melvin J Blackwood for 50 dollars and various property and lien details across Decatur and surrounding areas.
Howard Claude Chenault of Danville Rt 2 transfers to Irene Gibson of Danville Rt 2. Bennie Cecil Appleton of Moulton Rt 1 transfers to Dorothy Cagle of Moulton Rt 1. Price Johnson of Moulton Rt 1 transfers to Ruby Lucile Bradford of Moulton Rt 1.
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder told the international tribunal that he ordered the 10,000 ton pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee scuttled off Montevideo on December 17, 1939. He offered his first press statement since capture, discussing battleship Ismail, Tirpitz, and naval failures while denying Navy involvement with concentration camp atrocities.
A long list details numerous deed transfers in Danville Alabama and surrounding regions with varied sums from $50 to $32,000. Entries cite multiple buyers and sellers including Cordes, Reeves, Sivley, Byars, and others, alongside a brief note on a historical fact about aging vision and milk consumption in the 1935 39 period. The aggregation shows widespread property movements and a statistical tidbit on milk intake.
The Agriculture Department reported 1945 cotton production at 9,195,000 bales and harvested area of 17,688,000 acres, down from 1944's 12,230,000 bales and 20,009,000 acres. Cottonseed output was 3,703,000 tons, with state figures for 1944 and 1945. U.S. milk output in 1944 rose 14 percent versus the 1935-39 average.
65 year old Elbert J. Burns, awaiting execution for the 1943 killing of Jake Prescott in Jefferson county, protests innocence in a Kilby prison death cell interview. He alleges perjured testimony and seeks clemency from Gov. Chauncey Sparks, while his lawyers pursue appeals. Burns argues witness Odiorne lied and questions motive since he stood to gain a broker’s fee.
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