Lamar Penney Announces Retirement From Decatur Insurance Firm
Lamar Penney, long time Decatur insurer, said he will retire effective December 31, 1952. The Lamar Penney Insurance firm will be serviced by the M. R. Rankin Agency. Penney, an elder at Westminster Presbyterian, will stay available for insurance matters while Rankin handles the business.
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Lamar Penney
Decatur
Mr. Penney
M. R. Rankin
Penney
Penney & Whitman
John Patterson
Eyster Building
Seals Sale Falls Short of Morgan County Quota
Morgan County Christmas seal sale is about 700 dollars shy of the 4660 dollar quota. Marvin R. Rankin, chairman, reported receipts through December 26 and urged hundreds who received seals to send in their contributions. Rankin noted the seals support the fight against tuberculosis.
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Morgan County
Marvin R. Rankin
Rankin
U.S
Piggy Bank Thefts Pick Pockets In Miami
A third piggy bank theft in as many weeks in Miami yields readings of $27 from a desk drawer and $1,000 from the home of a prominent contractor. Police say the incidents involve well fed piggy banks emptied by a prowler.
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Miami
Fla
Former Resident Carl Swanson Dies in Louisville
Carl E. Swanson, a former Decatur resident, died Friday night in Louisville Kentucky. Funeral services will be held in Louisville and the body shipped to Decatur where graveside rites will be led by Rev Daniel M. O'Reilly at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Burial will follow at the city cemetery under Brown's direction.
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Carl E. Swanson
Decatur
Louisville
City Cemetery
Daniel M. O’reilly
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Brown
Rubber firm tests arctic chamber for polar tires
In Birmingham England the British Dunlop Rubber Co. built a mock arctic lab to improve rubber for polar use. The study notes natural and synthetic rubbers harden at low temperatures and that below minus 56 degrees Celsius current grades fail as shock absorbers.
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Birmingham
England
British
Dunlop Rubber Co
Arctic
Burley Tobacco Grower Keeps Supplying Home Fields
Paragould Ark. Joe Walters a 79 year old retired railroader has grown and cured his own burley tobacco for six years. His patch proved so productive in 1951 that a year later he was still smoking his own tobacco.
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Paragould, Ark
Joe Walters
Dr Hewlett To Lead Revival at Ninth Street
Dr Roy Hewlett will lead a four day revival starting this morning at Ninth Street Methodist Church with services nightly through Wednesday. The pastor Rev C L Ellis said the aim is to revive and reactivate church membership. A Watch Night service at 8 30 P M will launch the United Methodist evangelical mission at Ninth Street with public invitation.
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Dr. Hewlett
Ninth Street
Roy Hewlett
Ninth Street Methodist Church
C. L. Ellis
Hewlett
Objects Unearthed in Tallinn Restore Medieval Past
Excavations in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, uncover 10th and 11th century pottery tips of spears and arrows. The Tallin Museum started digs in early autumn to trace Tallinn’s origins as a city.
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Moscow
Tallin
Car explosion scare shocks farmer in Laurel Montana
A farmer believed he was shot at when a car started coughing loudly. He told police the hood appeared punctured as he drove to town. A deputy sheriff calmed him by explaining a fan blade had come off and caused the loud noise.
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Laurel
Mont
T E Williams Laid To Rest At Athens Church
Funeral services for T E Williams 64 president of Limestone County bank were held at the First Baptist church in Athens with Rev E L Smothers and Rev Joe Anglin officiating. Burial followed in Athens city cemetery. Surviving are his wife two sisters six brothers and other relatives. Pallbearers included Allen Beasley Marvin Doring and George C Johnson.
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T. E. Williams
Limestone County Bank
Segegen Ye
First Baptist Church
Athens
E. L. Smothers
Joe Anglin
Athens City
McConnell
Margaret Williams
J. W. Wood
Clanton
Joe Parrish
Sheffield
Army urges thrift in Korea via personal messages
Far East Command officials promote economy at the fox hole level. Postcard-size notes from Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr urge soldiers to save money. More than a million dollars in ideas have been submitted by GIs in the past year, compiled into a 68 page pamphlet.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
Far East
Army
Frank Pace, Jr
Chinese principals seek Hong Kong teachers to cover Singapore shortage
Chinese school principals write to Colonial Secretary Blythe pleading for permission for Hong Kong teachers to enter Singapore. They cite a teacher shortage caused by Chinese teachers moving to English schools for higher salaries and warn immigration rules may block arrivals amid anti Communist fears.
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Singapore
W. L. Blythe
Hong Kong
Starboard Origin Tied to Right-Side Oars on Longships
The term starboard derives from the right side of ancient Norse ships where steering oars were placed near the stern. Sailors called this side steer board or steerside, shaping the modern navigation term.
Governor Proclaims January March Of Dimes Month in Alabama
Governor Gordon Persons proclaims January as March Of Dimes Month in Alabama and urges residents to contribute. The notice notes polio’s 1952 epidemic, Alabama cases, and the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis support and debt, with Morgan County Infantile Paralysis plans to raise funds locally and nationally.
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Gordon Persons
Alabama
Morgan County
National Foundation For
National Foundation
State of
Cold Wave Sweeps North and Much of Continent
Associated Press reports a broad cold spell with 5 to 10 degrees below normal across the northern half of the country pausing tourism and daily life. Florida tops readings with unseasonably mild warmth for late December, while conditions remain chilly from New England to the Dakotas and into Canada.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Florida
New England
Ohio River Valley
Missouri
Dakotas
Canada
Pacific Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Bear Shooting Turns Tree Dog to Ground
In Proctor Montana a second grade pupil and neighbor Maude Adams watched a dog appear in a tree. Mrs Adams fired her rifle and hit the animal. A 200 pound bear toppled from the tree after being startled by the shot.
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Proctor, Mont
Maude Adams
Man cites forgot reading directions on bottle in drunkenness case
In Hot Springs Arkansas a man told the judge he forgot to read directions on a liquor bottle before his drunkenness arrest. The judge questioned him about what medicine he was taking and suggested he had not remembered directions printed on the bottle.
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Hot Springs
Ark
First Aay Club Formed in Chicago 1905
A newly established organization called the first aay Club began in Chicago in 1905, marking an early community group formation in the city.
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Chica 1905
Seal of Alabama Affixed at Montgomery December 23, 1952
The document records the Secretary of State affixing the Great Seal at the Capitol in Montgomery on December 23, 1952, in a formal oath-like statement acknowledging humanitarian obligations. The phrasing emphasizes charity toward fellowmen and the binding nature of the act.
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Alabama
Montgomery
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