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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1948

Page

5

Cotton classing stations to be added in the South

AP dispatch notes that more cotton classing stations are likely in the South before the next ginning season. Shortages delayed government loans last fall as growers must have cotton classed to obtain funds. Senator Stennis urged action and the Agriculture Department says adding stations is under budget consideration, with no final funding decided yet.

Gordon Brown Washington Service Washington Senator Stennis Miss Agriculture Department Loveland Stennis Congress Thei~ Agriculture Department Secretary of Agriculture Brannan Mississippi Jackson Greenwood Memphis Tenn

Goodman Family to Be Heard at Singing

The Goodman Family will be heard at an afternoon sing at Center Springs Church Sunday at one o clock. John Grizzard, chairman, extended an invitation to all to attend the program.

Goodman Center Springs John Grizzard

Your Health: Tuberculosis Facts and Prevention

The article explains how tuberculosis affects the lungs most, spreads through coughing, and mostly harms the young and poor. It notes no vaccine, urges avoiding infected persons, and calls for community x rays, better nutrition, and ongoing research to reduce the disease. It ends with a brief aside on how true wasps build paper nests.

America

Year in Review 49 a Retrospective of 1940s Fashion and Culture

Cynthia Lowry reflects on a year of contrasts from first ladies and Olympic heroes to fashion shifts and stage shows. She notes design houses opening in America, evolving hair trends, evolving toe and heel styles, and changes in consumer goods while highlighting public reactions to media and entertainment.

Cynthia Lowry New York Paris Barbara Ann Scott Helen Wills Napoleon Josephine Mother Father

Tojo Execution Sparks Mixed American Reactions

Mackenzies Column notes American responses to the Tojo hanging and war crimes trials are divided between satisfaction and unease. Religious opposition to capital punishment features in letters, while many debate assigning responsibility down the chain of command and the role of international law via the United Nations to enforce postwar justice.

Tojo America Philadelphia Japan Germany United Nations U.N Hitler

Community notes from Morgan County sings and family news

Mr. and Mrs Warren McGee and son visited Audry Hendersons. Center Springs church invites all to sing on Sunday December 26. Goodman family to attend. Dobbs welcome a son Gary Dwight born December 13 at Hartselle hospital. Allen Livley Sivley families visit Hendersons and Gorees. Mason family moved to Union. Modie Hendersons visited Talucah area.

Warren McGee Audry Henderson Center Springs Church Goodman Howard Dobbs Hartselle Hospital Gary Dwight Leander Allen Jackie W. R. Livley Dwight T. C. Dunaway Dorothy Jeanne Leona Goree Somerville Gertrude Sivley Clara Lemmond Bruce Lemmond Priceville W. R. Sivley Edward Holmes J. T. Mason Union Modie Henderson Donnie Leon Henderson Talucah

Speake School News Highlights Christmas Week

Lawrence County social notes report Mr and Mrs Paul Terry visiting, visits by Beulah McKay and Ermine in Danville, a Christmas play by Speake high school directed by Mrs Sammie Stabler, Christmas holidays to begin, weather praised, Audry Hill visiting, holiday guests of Mrs S L Hampton and Miss Marie Hampton, Speake basketball teams travel to Addison and beat Danville last Friday.

Paul Terry L. W. Kelsoe Beulah McKay Miss Ermine Danville Sammie Stabler Hartselle Audry Hill Decatur Hattie Hill J. S. Learce Cullman County S. L. Hampton Marie Hampton Addison

Minister to Lead Special Services at Church In City

Rev W. W. of the Churchsville will preach Sunday services along with the pastor. P. R. Isley Meg Winster named chairman for morning services. Austin speaker to address the evening service absent the usual end. Southern events noted.

Pullman House Grantland Highway 3 Decatu City Hartselie-Decatur W. W Ville Illinois P. R. Isley Meg Winster Austin

Ruling Defines Separate Officers for Each Ballot Box in Polling Places

Alabama Attorney General Carmichael ruled that each voting machine and ballot box requires separate election officials even when multiple devices share a polling place. The opinion, sought by Circuit Clerk John E. Mandeville of Mobile, clarifies the meaning of voting place across wards and precincts with several boxes. The article also notes a separate statistic estimating 150,000 to 200,000 children affected by divorce annually in the United States.

Montgomery Ala Albert Carmichael John E. Mandeville Mobile Mobile County United States

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