Sixteen Local Men Inducted Into Armed Services
Sixteen area men were inducted into the armed services this week following Selective Service processing. Names listed include Garvie Vernell Bennefield of Joppa, Paul Kilgore of Decatur, Elton Oneal Penn of Hartselle, William McKinley Matthews of Decatur, and others from Decatur, Falkville, Trinity, Eva, and Danville.
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Armed Service
Selective Service Board
Garvie Vernell Bennefield
Joppa
Paul Kilgore
Decatur
Elton Oneal Penn
Hartselle
William McKinley Matthews
W. Cherry
Willian Bailey Rowden
Third Street N
John William Tanner
Danville
Seldon Eubanks
James Robert Ferguson
Falkville
Benjamin Jake
Valley Veterans Questions on War Service Benefits
In a veterans questions column The Decatur Daily answers include a Sept wartime cessation effective Dec 31 1946 and explains eligibility for war service compensation requires disability incurred in active service before July 25 1947. It notes NSLI lump sum rules for widows and flags for next of kin and clarifies no income restriction on compensation.
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Veterans Administration
Decatur Daily
Army
Truman
Department of the Army
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues and Cryptoquote Phrase
A reader friendly page listing across and down crossword clues with definitions and hints, plus a cryptogram puzzle. It includes the cryptogram key example LONGFELLOW and a daily quotation encoded as a cryptoquote with yesterday's answer noted.
Resolutions Failures Prompt Recording Angel Visit
A man in a New York office vows New Year reforms and summons a stern white angel of truth who reveals ten years of unkept promises. The angel scolds him for repeated lists that never change behavior and orders real change beyond more resolutions.
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Angel of Truth
Angel
Christmas Week in Morgan County Ties Locals and Visitors
The Morgan County note lists numerous visits and gatherings over Christmas and holidays. Families from Birmingham, Atlanta, Decatur and Colt Arkansas joined relatives in Winton for holiday meals and festivities. A Christmas program filled the church with a large crowd and a Center Springs singing gathering featured the Goodman family of Tennessee.
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Ella Grizzard
George Belew
David Allen
Decatur
Leonard Allen
Birmingham
Buford Johnston
Ella Allen
O. B. Allen
Lavonia Allen
A. L. Whitten
Winfred McGee
Tim Sharp
Vestor Winton
Vaughn
O. T. Sharp
John
Hazel Black
Ina Dunaway
Buck Dunaway
S. C. Dunaway
Clara Lemmond
Priceville
Robert Hardy
George Blelew
T. C. Dunaway
Ovie Turner
Baby
E. Ni Winton
Center Springs
Bergen Locks Up His Dummy in Vault Teasing TV Plans
Hollywood veteran Edgar Bergen details temporary retirement plans and future TV ambitions. He will study television in New York then take a Mexican break before Palm Springs writing and possible one night stand tours with Charlie the dummy. Bergen hints at CBS talks and a shift from radio to video without long-term contracts.
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Hollywood
Charlie McCaughy
Edgar Bergen
Igen
Edgar
NBC
Lancaster
Calif
Marshlands
Charlie
New York
Bergen
Mexico
Palm Springs
Japan
China
CBS
Frances Cole highlighted in Lawrence County social notes
Mrs Bell Hill and Mrs Jacobs visit with Tass Jacobs family. Frances Cole spends Tuesday night with Newton Smith in Moulton. Dr Henry Jacobs and Larry of Moulton visit Birmingham. Mullican family.Ms Grace Callahan visits Decatur. Frances and Curtis Almond Cole see Tass Jacobs. Nell and Orrela Cole visit Morgan in Moulton. Melson and Melson families host Nashville visitors. Winford Logan and James Pepper in town for holidays.
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Bell Hill
Jacobs
Tass Jacobs
Frances Cole
Newton Smith
Moulton
Henery Jacobs
Larry
Birmingham
Ervin Mullican
Billy Joe
Dock Mullican
Grace Callahan
Decatur
Frances
Curtis Almond Cole
Nell and
Orrela Cole
Mississippi
Alma Ruth Morgan
Henry Morgan
Bro
Bonnie Melson
Nashville
Tenn
George Melson
Winford Logan
James Pepper
Auburn
Your Health Your Health Eye Care Advice for Children
A health service piece discusses how glasses alone may not fix a child’s reading problems. It explains farsightedness and nearsightedness affect learning and participation in sports, urging parents to foster a reading habit tied to interests while addressing eye conditions with doctor guidance.
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Johnny
Body of Woman Sought in Canal at Vicksburg
In Vicksburg Mississippi on December 30 a drag operation searched the Yazoo canal at the foot of Vicksburg Street for the body of Mrs. Luna Smith of East Tallassee Alabama who drowned when her automobile plunged into the canal last night. Four others escaped after the water entry while en route to Texas for jobs. Witnesses said brake failure caused the car to roll downhill. Escaped men named Sander B. Self and Franklin Self.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Yazoo Canal
Vickburg Street
Luna Smith
East Tallassee
Ala
Texas
Sander B. Self
Franklin
Bodies of Seven on Way Back to States
The remains of seven area servicemen who died in World War II are returned home for burial aboard the U S Army transport. The list includes Pvt. Charles R. Brewer and Pfc. Edward W. Brooks with next of kin in Decatur and Athens, among others such as Pfc. Lynnee, Edwin W. Johns, Johnnie Murray, Pvt. Bil L. Sims, and T/5 Alvin B. Stinnett Jr. with addresses in Athens, Decatur, Hillsboro, and Athens 6.
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U. S. Army
Barney Kirschbaum
Charles R. Brewer
Army
My Brewer
Decatur 1
Edard W. Brooks
Frank Brooks
Athens
Lynnee
Mabel A. Hagood
Fourth Avenue
Decatur
Edwin W. Johns
William W. Johns
E. Wilson Avenue
Tur
Johnnie Murray
Leo Murray
Hillsboro
Bil L. Sims
Marion L. Sims
Alvin B. Stinnett
Notable Tallassee Residents Named in Document
Self, John T. Pafillo and Lanora B Dubose are identified as residents of Tallassee in the formal notice.
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Self
John T. Pafillo
Lanora B Dubose
Tallassee
Folsom to Make Radio Report on First Two Years
Gov. James E. Folsom will broadcast a 15 minute non political summary of his first two years in office. The January 1 talk on 31 stations is free public service. It may cover pensions highways and recommendations to the 1949 legislature.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Senate
House
Alabama Gov Proclaims Good Neighbor Day and Year
Gov James E Folsom proclaims January 1 as Good Neighbor Day and the year 1949 as Good Neighbor Year in Alabama.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
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