Increased Production of Aluminum is Seen Likely
Reynolds Metals official predicts a 50 percent rise in aluminum output at the Big Jones Mill Arkansas plant. With power shortages easing, operation of one more pot line could begin within 60 days, adding about 3,000,000 pounds monthly. Grand River Dam Authority and Arkansas Power and Light Co. would supply the needed kilowatts.
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Washington
Big Jones Mill
Ark
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
Jones Mill
Walter L. Rice
Tanne Mill
Rice
Grand River Dam Authority
Pensacola, Okla
Arkansas Power and Light Co
C. Hamilton Moses
Moses
de i . Ricé
Arkansas Power and Light
Arkansas Power
Lake Catherine
Sidney McMath
Grand River Dam
War Assets Administration
Chicago Residents To Spend Holidays In Decatur
Mr and Mrs Thomas Jordan formerly Miss Edna Etheridge and Miss Evelyn Etheridge are visiting Decatur for Christmas with their parents Mr and Mrs G W Etheridge and Mrs Ruth Jordan. Jordan studies electrical engineering at ITI Chicago and Evelyn Etheridge manages Greysons Lady department store on Sheridan Street.
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Thomas Jordan
Edna Etheridge
Evelyn Etheridge
Decatur
G. W. Etheridge
Ruth Jordan
Jordan
Industrial Training Institute
Chicago
Greyson’s Lady Department Store
Sheridan Street
Women of the Year honors reveal public stars of 1948
Associated Press selects women across fields. Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is named woman of the year for 1948, with recipients including Helen Taussig in science, Vivien Kellems in business, Loretta Young in film, Jane Froman in radio, Mabel Studebaker in education, and Fanny Blankers Koen in sports.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
U. S. Senate
Helen Brooke Taussig
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
U. S
Jane, Froman
Radio
Lisbon
Europe
John—Curtis~ Brown
Mabel Studebaker
Strong-Vincent High School
Erie
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Holland
Koen
Vicki Draves
Los Angeles
Ann Curtis
San Francisco
Babe Didrickson
Barbara Ann Scott
Alice Coachman
Zoe Olsen
Betty Smith
Brooklyn
Beatrice Bella Shopp
Hopkins
Minn
Talullah Bankhead
The
American Theater
Noel Coward
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Publication Order in Byars Case in Morgan County Court
In Morgan County Alabama Circuit Court Equity, Glenn Byars is non resident with unknown address. Publication required weekly for four weeks in Decatur Daily to plead by January 16 1949 or bill may be confessed. Dec 15 1948. Bryan McAfee Register. Estate of Eli Ratliff Deceased Letters of Administration granted December 21 1948 by Judge T C Almon Probate Court Morgan County.
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Larstine Byars
Glenn Byars
Circuit Court OF
Morgan County
Alabama
Register
Decatur Daily
Bryan McAfee
Eli Ratliff
T. C. Almon
Morgan
Loretta Young Named Actress of the Year in Hollywood
AP News notes Loretta Young wins actress of the year for The Farmer's Daughter, capping a 20 year film career at 35. The piece surveys 1948 Oscar contenders including Irene Dunne, Ingrid Bergman, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman, Olivia de Havilland and others amid year of upsets.
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Hollywood
Loretta Young
Rosalind Russell
Electra
Loretta
Truman
Navy
USC
Irene Dunne
Mama
Ingrid Bergman
Joan of Arc
Barbara Stanwyck
Jane Wyman
Johnnny Belinda
Olivia DeHavilland
Estate claims notice for Ernest Ratliff
County issues notice that all persons with claims against the estate of Ernest Ratliff must present them within legally allowed time or be barred. Dated December 22 and January 1, 1949.
Wife Joins Husband Now Serving in Japan
Mrs. James E. Livingston of Decatur has joined Sgt. James E. Livingston in Japan. He serves with the 618 Air Control and Warning Squadron in the Tropic Lightning division under Major General William B. Kean. Mrs. Livingston sailed from New York aboard the USAT Patrick and arrived September 29.
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James E. Livingston
10Th Ave. E
Decatur
Japan
Livingston
618
Pacific
25Th Infantry
Betsy Drake Emerges as Outstanding Newcomer in London
Betsy Drake, discovered in a London play by Cary Grant, is hailed as an outstanding newcomer. She starred opposite Grant in Every Girl Should Be Married, drawing personal interest from him as well.
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Snake Pit
Betsy Drake
London
Cary Grant
Cary
TVA Electricity Spurs Home Appliance Boom in Valley
Community improvement programs across the valley showcase the impact of low-cost TVA power. Electric ranges water heaters refrigerators and washing machines are being added in large numbers in homes participating in these initiatives.
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TVA
Rural communities invest in electric appliances and water
The report notes one small rural community of 64 households spent $14,604 on electric appliances in the past year. In two small communities 19 families gained running water pumped by electricity during the last contest year.
No Males Found in Some Gall Wasp Types
The text notes that in certain gall wasp species there are no male individuals. It implies reproductive strategies without male roles, highlighting unusual sexual structures in specific taxa.
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Bank St
Madam Kaye
Life Reader
Heu.s
Pullman House
Grantland
U. S. Highway 31
Decatu City Limits
Hartselie-Decatur
Don’s Floor
Don Williams
Jane Froman
Madel Studebaker
Fanny “Blankers-Keen
Beatrice Shopp
Helen Taussig
Tallulah Bankhead
Sterchi
America
Jewelry Department
Huntsville
Ernest Ratliff
Gene Ahern
Loyd
Chubiard
Wrenney's
Penney
Towncraft
Penney’s
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