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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1948

Page

3

New Looks For Men At Southeastern Apparel Show

Atlanta January 6 The Southeastern Men's Apparel club showcases spring 1920s style with a new slim hat design featuring a narrow crown and feathered band. Suede like shoes in navy gray and brown appear, plus brown white and black shoe trends. Beach wear includes matching robe shirt and trunks while collarless cardigans reappear with no lapels. Bow ties and bright socks return as sharp wardrobe details for men.

Atlanta Southeastern Men’s Apparel Club

Johnny Weissmuller to Marry Miss Gates in London Honeymoon

Johnny Weissmuller the actor and swimmer plans his fourth marriage after a divorce from his third wife. Mrs W F Gates says her daughter Miss Gates a 22 year old golfer and Weissmuller will wed and take a London honeymoon. They met seven years ago on a golf course.

Johnny Santa Monica Calif Johnny Weissmuller W. F. S Gates Miss Gates Weissmuller Anake London

United Nations little assembly opens at Lake Success

DeWitt Mackenzie notes the new UN interim body, the little assembly, convened to bypass the veto deadlock in the Security Council. It includes all but the Russian bloc and aims to voice majority views, though it lacks enforcement power. US optimism clashes with Soviet nonparticipation as hopes rise for a democratic world coalition to outlast a divided UN.

United Nations Little Assembly Lake Success General Assembly U. N Soviet Russia Czechoslovakia Poland Yula Ukraine Security Council Soviet Union United States China Britain France U. S Warren R. Austin Tittle Assembly Eagle of Nations

Burglar Alarm Finds 12YearOld Boy in Baltimore Factory

Officers responded to a burglary alarm at an East Baltimore candy factory. Four policemen entered and found a 12 year old boy with candy around his mouth. He was taken to juvenile authorities on suspected theft.

Baltimore

Boswell amendment may guide similar voter rules

Alabama's Boswell amendment would require voters to explain the constitution to registrars, a move seen as a potential tactic to bar Black voters. Herman Talmadge predicts such laws would target African Americans, with illiterate whites still allowed to vote. Negro leaders vow court challenges to stop the measure.

Paul Simmons Atlanta Alabama Boswell Herman Talt South Carolina Talmadge A. T. Walden National Association For Advancement of Colored People Walden Democratic Party U. S Herman Talmadge Eugene Georgia Herman M. E. Thompson State Supreme Court Thompson

Whitmire 1939 Decatur Team Honored By Rotary

Decatur Rotary Club honored Ensign Donald Whitmire and members of the 1939 Red Raider football squad at Hotel Lyons. Speakers included Whitmire and coaches H. L. Ogle and Aubrey Fuller, with introductions for several players and a recap of that season’s 13-0 loss to Huntsville followed by a 12-0 rematch victory.

Donald Whitmire Decatur Red Raider Decatur Rotary Club Hotel Lyons Frank Stone Whitmire Wallace Meadows Otis Kirby James Jackson Ed Branch Huntsville B. S. Kennedy Seth Pitts Billy Williams Bud Lee W. C. Hunter Sonny Todd Clyde Smith Jack Sherman Nolen Sanders Harold Self University of Alabama Alabama Jacobs Grantland Rice Self Athens High School Don Whitmire U.S. Naval Academy United States Robert M. Thompson Naval Academy Navy San Diego California

Little Assembly Debates Introversion and Controversy

A fragment discusses whether the assembly should avoid controversial topics and remain feasible. The text hints at balancing openness with the need to maintain order and practicality in proceedings.

Paratrooper Dies in Rescue Effort Near Alaska Wreck

Fairbanks Alaska January 6 One of three paratroopers missing since aiding six B 29 crash survivors on December 27 was found frozen to death near the wreckage. First Sgt Santhell London of Kinta Oklahoma identified. Search continues for the other paratrooper a Ladd Field doctor and the B 29s pilot and navigator.

Fairbanks Alaska Seward Peninsula Ladd Reel Santhell London Kinta Oklo Ladd Turkey Vern H. Arnett Frederick Sheetz

Navy Wins Prize With Recruiting Float At Parade

On New Year’s Day judges selected a float shaped like a gray ship but found it was entered by the Navy as a recruiting stunt. The $100 prize money was turned over to the Philadelphia naval hospital.

NAVY Philadelphia Philadelphia Naval Hospital

Navy chosen over pro football offers for career

The speaker disclosed he had received professional football offers worth $10 000 annually for five years but chose a Navy career instead. The program concluded with a Q A session where the audience asked questions and he answered directly and forthrightly.

Navy

Wounded Father Pleads For Son In DeKalb Standoff

In Decatur Georgia on January six Joe Dodd cries for mercy as DeKalb officers refuse to drop assault with intent to murder charges against Otis Junior Dodd age eighteen. Otis allegedly shot his father twice with a twelve gauge shotgun while fleeing and fired a third blast into a house before being taken into custody on bond set at five hundred dollars.

Decatur Joe Dodd Otis Junior DeKalb County A.L. Day Otis Junior Dodd Day Dodd

Durbin and Felix Jackson Separate in Quiet Parting

Deanna Durbin and husband Felix Jackson announce a friendly separation after a long marriage. Attorney Elmer P. Bromley says no divorce contemplated and no public dispute, while both decline further discussion.

Hollywood Deanna Durbin Felix Jackson Elmer =P. Bromley

Batterd Safe Found With Cash Missing In Georgia Heist

The battered iron safe from Sam Johnson’s restaurant near Tallapoosa was recovered in the Tallapoosa river. Sheriff Grover L. Newman said the safe, door torn off, landed on a sand bar after being tossed from a bridge. The cash, Johnson’s life savings, was stolen during Christmas night. A farmer spotted the safe across the Alabama line about seven miles southwest of Tallapoosa.

Tallapoosa Sam Johnson Grover L. Newman Johnson Newman Alabama State Line Here

Auto Victim Accused by FBI

The FBI said Anthony P. Havener 43 of Louisville died from auto crash injuries in Mobile. He was accused of stealing 231 blank U S bonds on December 8 1945 while employed as a night watchman. Bonds were forged and cashed. Havener was also wanted for a theft of trailer homes. his bond-forfeiture case was called in federal court.

Louisville Federal Bureau of Investigation Anthony P. Havener Mobile Ala U. S FBI Havenor

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