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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1950
Page
8
A Wild West drawing lesson presents various quick draw techniques used by famous rangers and notorious badmen from Edward Small's Texas Rangers film. The guide invites Junior readers to try these methods as part of a Western history page.
Dan Vinson, 66, known as Uncle Dan, runs a nationwide toy drive for children of convicts started in 1944. He collects material donations and coordinates volunteer crafters to produce toys for about 2 million children, mailing gifts to inmates who readdress them to their offspring. The effort has boosted prison morale and guidance from officials in Michigan City and other penal institutions.
Four Rhodes scholars were selected to study at Oxford from Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Oklahoma and Texas. Alden Bell of Oklahoma Walter Clemons Jr of Texas Arthur Litz of Arkansas and Andrew Remson Jr of Alabama were chosen by the Gulf district committee from a pool of 12 contestants. They will enter Oxford University.
A thief targets children on Christmas Eve, timing the heist to catch them off guard and maximize the thrill of the moment. Neighbors report the unusual plan adds a tense yet festive twist to the holiday.
Horace Pope, 30, ex cab driver, was among 39 prisoners released on parole last week. Pope had been sentenced to ten years for first degree manslaughter and four years on forgery charges, with a second murder trial planned.
The body of 60 year old Edd Jarrett former Hartselle resident will arrive Monday in Hartselle and be taken to the home of his brother Fred Jarrett 305 North Hammett Street Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Mutual Service He died last Monday in Pierce County Hospital Tacoma Washington after a year long illness He is survived by two brothers Fred of Hartselle and Milton of Washington D C
Little League baseball now operates in 28 states with 302 leagues. Players aged eight to twelve participate as 16,000 boys are encompassed by the organization. It began 11 years ago in Williamsport, Pa., founded by Carl E. Stotford, with 500 pound annual scholarships funded by the Cecil Rhodes will.
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