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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1945
Page
3
A six year old boy in Decatur Alabama writes to Santa asking for a dump truck handcuffs a desk and lots of fruit nuts and candy He asks Santa to remember his dad who is in service and his grandparents The note is addressed from 1405 18th Ave East in Decatur and notes the boy signature as Bobby Ray Bodley
In Salt Creek, Will Barnes runs a two-man ferry as characters discuss Mr. Strange from Gull's Point, Latimer, Nevile, and a hotel with a foul odor. Latimer has just crossed and seems eager to help while Nevile hints at a quarrel with an old lady and Kay.
In a house of Nevile Strange and Mary Aldin, investigators press for who killed the old lady. Suspects include Kay Strange Audrey Strange and Thomas Royde with a web of alibis. Meanwhile Mary fears Mr Treves hinted at a killer and wonders whether to tell police as tensions rise in the post event chatter.
Duane Hennessy reports from Uraga Japan that exhausted Japanese soldiers who fought for the Emperor and garrisoned Palau islands are returning home for demobilization after four months since hostilities ceased. Many are gaunt and malnourished as they disembark from transports near the Sonia lay anchorage where 1 100 Nisei aboard another ship renounced U.S. citizenship.
Capt Frank A Johnson of the Matsonia laments the ordeal of Japanese families arriving at a windowless, unheated reception center. He notes that the younger generation suffers most and condemns the forced treatment, saying it was dictated by authorities and provoked distress among the children and teenagers.
Readable text notes marigolds grown in pots in England used as a kitchen herb for flavoring soups.
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