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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1950
Page
11
Classified ad announcing The New World Book Encyclopedia as a Christmas option. It promotes buying logs from Poplar Pine Lin Cotton Wood and offers special dimensions. Contact T. E. Baker & Sons Manufacturing Co. by phone 71.
Mobile's 1951 Mardi Gras celebration has been cancelled by President A L Staples of the Carnival Association after talks with mystic societies leaders over the Korean war. The decision ends the annual pageantry once held in Mobile Alabama.
Dorothy Dix discusses how mothers bias children against their fathers families and explains why such favoritism harms child relationships. She urges fair parenting and notes some mothers do share with both sides. A divorced woman asks if she should marry for sake of children and Dix cautions against marrying without love.
Elaborate floats completed for the carnival will be stored until resumption. Staples states the 1951 Mardi Gras is canceled because the Korea situation and world crisis, plus a national state of emergency, require reducing frivolity and focusing on preparedness.
A large printed crossword with multiple across and down clues covering botany geography and wordplay plus a daily cryptogram with a substitution cipher. The page lists clues for 1 across to 46 across and corresponding down clues, plus a sample quotation coded as MVAT MC BFJA ZFMV MSPMV and instructions for solving.
A column discusses the risks of widows remarrying for security and home while caring for stepchildren. It warns men may be wary of blended families and suggests subtle social tips to avoid scaring off potential partners. Dorothy Dix is noted for her leaflet on jealousy and requests 5 cents for a copy. The piece also mentions the Lemonade Opera offering summer opera in New York and explains the lemonade tradition between acts.
A reader asks how to show interest without being forward. Miss Dix suggests natural signals and, if necessary, inviting the young man to dinner at her home to signal affection in a discreet way.
Alabama court of appeals upholds two Birmingham lottery ordinance convictions Hunter Tucker denied lottery ties and Troupe Maddox conviction affirmed. Higher courts have ruled for Birmingham on anti lottery ordinance validity while references to New Mexico mission churches appear in the report.
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