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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1950

Page

11

Classified Notice of Stockholders Meeting in Decatur Alabama

Stockholders of John Patterson Company Inc Decatur Alabama are notified of the annual meeting at the company's offices January 30 1951 at 10 a.m. to elect a board and address business. Dec 29 Jan 5 12.

John Patterson Company, Inc Decatur Alabama Wilma Jane Patterson Carridale L. Bessie Shenad T. C .Almon Morcan Oliver J. Shepard

Four Hixon family members killed in Alabama crash

In Vance Alabama four members of the Aliceville family the Hixons ages 40 42 14 and 12 were killed when their pickup skidded in rain and collided with a larger truck driven by Herman Brooks 34 of Florence Mississippi The collision left Harold Hixon's clothes burning Brooks rescued aided by a highway patrolman J F Clements noting rainy weather contributed to the accident The Hixons were former residents of Columbus Mississippi.

Vance Ala Aliceville David Lee Hixon Frances Hixon Felix A. Hixon Harold C. Hixon J. F. Clements Herman Brooks Florence Miss Clements Hixons Columbus

Annual Pastors Retreat Set for January 22 23

The third annual ministers retreat sponsored by the synod of the mid South Presbyterian Church U S A will be held at Shocco Springs January 22 23 The schedule lists registration seminars supper breakfast lunch and multiple sessions across the two days.

Synod of the Mid

Wry Bits and Wordplay From Everyday Life

A collection of ruminations and jokes about gossip, punctuating thoughts, and humorous exchanges. Witty lines compare aging cars and lines on skin to truth, with quips about marriage, money, and social quirks set against busy city and rural life. The humor hinges on misread meanings and pointed punchlines.

Push button warfare may be only answer against eastern hordes

Wes Gallagher argues Western powers face a manpower and firepower gap against a Russian led bloc. He cites Soviet divisions possessing high shock power, a global manpower pool, and the limits of conventional weapons. He suggests revolutionary weapons and rapid innovation could offset numbers. The column ends with a note on larkspur and ruby symbolism for July.

Wes Gallagher Russia United States United Nations Hitler West U.S. Army U.S Europe Canada Great Britain Spain Turkey Portugal Japan France West Germany Holland Belgium Denmark Norway Germany Greece Ruther

DAILY CRYPTOQUOTE AND CROSSWORD PUZZLE LISTINGS

A mixed page item lists a daily crossword with clues for across and down plus a cryptoquote puzzle. It includes a sample code, instructions, and references to yesterday’s solution and King Features Syndicate distribution.

Dulles To Join Policy Debate On National Security

President Truman rejected isolationism and urged unity in foreign policy as John Foster Dulles prepared to speak tonight in New York to the American Association for the United Nations. Dulles will offer views aligned with Hoover but stated as a personal contribution to the national debate.

Washington Truman John Foster Dulles Labol Herbert Hoover Europe Dulles New York American Association For the United Nations Acheson Hoover State Department Guy Gabrielson Fomer New York Congressional Republican GOP Republican Party Congress U.S Watkins Utah Sparkman Morse America

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