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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
10
A compilation of children in Decatur and nearby Alabama towns writing Santa Claus with requests for dolls, toys, and gifts. Names include Brenda Milam, Bessie Maze, Bobby Bowles, Patricia Messer, Shirlene Lyle, Teeta Ward, Lele Terry, and others from Dec 1948 to December.
An observer at Rockefeller Plaza describes a nine story tall Christmas tree blazing with 6,000 electric lights and a star atop. The ice rink around it draws crowds from across the U S and abroad as the writer shares faith in peace and goodwill embodied by the season and Santa Claus.
Area Rent Director E. R. Carter Jr said there should be no mystery about maximum rents for controlled dwellings. He cited three sources for tenants to check legal rent: landlord registration copies, the landlord must show registration to new tenants, and a phone check at 342. The notice urges landlords and tenants to verify rents to prevent violations and clarify increases due to hardship.
J. D. Bush a local insurance agent will present a $1 000 life policy to the first white baby born in Morgan County in 1949 He will also award $1 000 policies to each of the first twins born in the coming year
Swiss and Austrian delegations opened preliminary discussions in Rorschach on December 4 to renew and amend accords for the 20 mile Rhine frontier. They addressed traffic control, river navigation, and border supervision along the frontier.
A single engine plane crashed in a cotton field about six miles east of Anniston killing Dr. William K. Lloyd 54 instantly. Sidney J. Cobb 23 of Anniston survived with injuries. he was treated at an Anniston hospital and listed in fair condition.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons features a bold mosquito poem by Karl Flaster, punchlines about life insurance and stepson, and quick one liners. It riffs on marriage, hair loss, wages, and politics with a light, satirical tone.
A doctor orders a man to quit smoking yet joins him on a fishing trip while the patient endures a constant smoke. In Beecher era Indianapolis a preacher denounced drunkenness and gambling, frightening local profiteers until a would be assistant menacingly demands a retraction.
The Miami Herald published two 32 page editions after composing room workers from International Typographical Union Local 430 struck. The union vote was 235 to 4 in favor of the strike, while the Herald used photo engraving and linotype operators from Miami Daily News to publish the editions.
DeWitt M Mackenzie shares a Christmas tale from his travels and wartime fronts. He recalls front line trenches in World War One, a wartime carol spirit, waits in England, a Bethlehem visit, and childhood keepsakes, ending with gratitude for spending Yuletide with loved ones in America.
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