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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1952
Page
10
DeWayne Dewey King served as an assist ant football coach at Michigan State and played four years of varsity football at North Dakota University, highlighting a deep collegiate football career.
Mrs F A Simmons reports the sudden death of her brother in law Dr Joseph Fortunato in Newark New Jersey this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Fortunato is the former Dixie Lamon of Decatur daughter of Mrs W W Lamon of Danville Road sister of Mrs Ann Fusch and Mrs Lucille.
In Tuscaloosa Leighn Skidmore 22 of Texas was acquitted of robbery and murder in the death of Odis Gurganus at a Berry Alabama store last August. Three men including Farley and Fondren got life terms. Skidmore testified she was only a lookout and unaware of the killing until after the robbery. The defendants fled in a wrecked car and were captured soon after. The robbery yielded about $200.
The City Council explains that if voters authorize school bonds at the December 16 1952 election and the bonds are issued, the current 1 sales tax must continue for twenty years to cover roughly 90000 annually in principal and interest. Any excess goes to the General Fund or other council designated uses.
The article notes General MacArthur in New York on December 5 asserting a solution to the Korean War while President Eisenhower, recently in Korea, found no easy answers. It explains timing of speeches, press coverage, and anticipated meeting between Eisenhower and MacArthur.
The Mobile Customs District reports a record year with September imports totaling 6,204,431 dollars. Crude bauxite from Surinam remains the top item at 1,007,215 dollars, with Mobile Gulfport and Birmingport included in the district.
Gerald D. Moore 24 of Tuscaloosa County sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Farley and Fondren after testimony he was in the store but did not participate. Moore appealed his robbery conviction citing the actions surrounding the wreck and holdup.
In Eutaw Alabama a five day murder trial of Mattie Smart may end today if she can be brought into court and held. Jail attendants failed to keep her dressed or out of bed as repeated recesses were forced when she fainted during proceedings. Sheriff says doctors have examined her and her epilepsy is noted by her mother and husband. The case concerns the murder of Willie Posey one child in a relative by marriage's family. the husband is Posey’s first cousin.
The Ber sian Gulf surface waters sometimes reach 96 degrees Fahrenheit, indicating extreme warm conditions in the area.
F J Red Baker once rode Jim Dandy to victory over Galant Fox in the 1930 Travers Stakes and now trains horses. The Indian Ocean surface temperature can reach 86 degrees Fahrenheit in warm conditions.
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