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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1950
Page
9
Office practice focused on general insurance and real estate mortgage loans. Associates listed include Eyster and Boldy with phone contact 25 for inquiries.
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For sale oil heater supplies tubing fittings carburetors valves mill supplies pipe and fittings belts sheaves bearings tools wire rope sow bits and more. Also 1947 Remington Rand typewriter lightly used and a deluxe 9 ft refrigerator with 45 pound freezing compartment both advertised with contact numbers.
In Morgan County Alabama the Probate Court for the matter of the unadministered estate of W H Taylor the unknown heirs and next of kin are notified that Commissioners who valued a homestead exemption for Julia Taylor filed their report. A hearing is scheduled for January 12 1950 at 10:00 AM to contest or support the report. Judge T C Almon ordered the notice dated December 21 1949 and published December 21-28 and January 4.
Hollywood star Marjorie Main rejects fashion fuss and jokes she should head a list of the ten worst dressed. She recalls resisting dress shopping, preferring simple outfits and a dressmaker to avoid salespeople and endless fittings.
The interview recalls Mrs Main’s prewar fashion and Oscar moment for The Egg and I with Léonard Goldstein, her loaned fur coat, and her quip about a producer gift. A Washington item notes Rep Huber coins “nacilbuper” for Republicans aiding Southern Democrats, a Republican spelled backwards.
In Dallas on January 4 Judge Joe M. Hill told two North Carolina boosters that they had one trouble at the Cotton Bowl. The remark hinted at a dispute surrounding the game and the Carolina program.
A fragment notes the 27 23 score in a Rice Institute versus Carolina football era. It mentions a drunken charge and a request to sentence and release for sober reflection.
Edith Cobb Campbell 81 daughter of the late Governor Rufus W Campbell passed away in Birmingham. The obituary notes her lineage and family connections as a prominent local figure. Funeral arrangements pending local notices and services to be announced.
Cobb widow of Charles M dies yesterday in Birmingham. Survived by two sons Rufus Campbell and Malcolm A. Bell and a sister Mrs. Dora C of Birmingham.
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