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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1949

Page

3

Ex Wrestler Seeks $260000 for Episcopal Youth Fund

A former heavyweight wrestling champion and Princeton athlete leads a Alabama fundraising drive to raise 260000 for five Episcopal youth projects at Alabama Auburn Montevallo Tuskegee and Camp McDowell. Bishop Carpenter born 1899 Augusta Georgia attended Lawrenceville 1917 and Princeton.

Princeton Tiger Society of the Cincinnati Georgia Society of Colonial Wars Charles Coleock Jones Carpenter Lud Alabama University of Alabama Auburn Montevallo Tuskegee Camp McDowell Jasper Winston County Episcopal Church Bishop Carpenter Augusta Lawrenceville

Doctors Prove Plan Breaks Laxative Habit

Five New York doctors tested a regimen to stop laxative use. The plan, advertised with Carter’s Pills, claims 83 percent success and outlines a gradual taper alongside eight daily glasses of water. It asserts non habit forming ingredients and promotes natural regularity.

New York Carter Aeheater

Alabama doctors oppose compulsory national health insurance

A survey of 1 506 Alabama physicians found 96 percent against compulsory national health insurance with 1 254 voicing opposition. The State Medical Association committee urged direct hospital and clinic funding in rural areas and better facilities, voluntary health insurance, hospital inspections, and elder care options.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Carl A. Grote Huntsville State Medical Association Grote Meadcal Association Committee On Medical Service and Public Relations

Bishop Carpenter's rapid rise and church work across Georgia Alabama

Bishop Carpenter earned degrees from Princeton and Virginia Theological Seminary and holds D D and LLD honors. He served Grace Church Waycross archdeacon Georgia and rector Savannah before Birmingham rector and 1936 bishop election. He leads The Bishop's Youth Fund while travel­ing Mobile Montgomery Birmingham for campaigns. Acute rheumatic fever affects primary school children.

Princeton Nassau Literary Magazine St.Paul’s Society Cabinet The Philadelphian Society Quadrangle Club Bishop Carpenter Virginia Theological Seminary University of the South Sewanee University of Alabama Sang National Council of the Protestant On of National Coun Carpenter Georgia Alabama Grace Church Waycross Mobile Montgomery Birmingham

Britain, Israel, and Russia in the Middle East crisis

DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes the Arab-Jewish conflict amid Cold War tensions. He warns Russia may seek influence in the Middle East as Israel’s defeat reshapes regional power, with Britain’s imperial role and Middle East oil strategizing at the center of the debate.

Russia Czechoslovakia Israel Moscow Soviet Union Middle-East Middle East Britain Orient Suez Canal Mediterranean America

Star Gazer Daily Zodiac by Clay R Pollan

Daily zodiac by Clay R Pollan outlines Aries Taurus and dates with a brief act. It lists periods from Sept 23 to Oct 23 for Aries and May 22 to June 22 for Taurus.

Clay R. Pollan

Langan Named Draft Head to Succeed Horn in Alabama

State Senator Joseph N. Langan of Mobile is nominated to head the Selective Service, to replace W. Larue Horn who resigns effective Jan 22. Horn will return to the State Revenue Department as administrative assistant, while Langan would seek a leave of absence from the Legislature to serve during the 1946 session. Horn praised Gov. Folsom and Hershey in his resignation letter.

Montgomery Ala Joseph N. Langan Mobile Selective Service W. Larue Horn Dothan Horn Lewis B. Hershey National Selective Service Alabama National Guard Governors Office State Revenue Department Hershey James E. Folsom Langan Alabama 31St Dixie 33Rd Infantry Division Island Command Solomons Bismarck Archipelago New Guinea Philippines Senate House of Representatives

World War Bases for Mediterranean Protection

A fragment discusses bases to shield the Mediterranean theater and enable heavy bombers to reach distant targets, outlining strategic, long range airpower implications.

Mediterranean

Conviction Reversed in Alabama Reported Incident Case

The Alabama Court of Appeals reversed the six year sentence of a 25 year old disabled Black man convicted of intent to rape a 33 year old housewife. The court found the trial judge erred by not granting a new trial and said lack of touching does not preclude intent to rape if the state proves lustful desire without consent.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Court-Of- Appeals Zear McCollum Tuscaloosa McCollum

TVA Fertilizer Used Across Seven Dixie States

Shipments of ammonium nitrate to states in a winter pasture program reached 6,996 tons by December 3. Alabama Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas received the fertilizer. Trials in pasture and cover crop demonstrations began in October to test watershed protection roles and farm use.

Alabama Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas

Architects Chosen For $70 Million A Plant Addition

The Atomic Energy Commission announced that Gittels and Wallet Inc., Detroit architects engineers, have been hired to draft plans for a $70,000,000 expansion to the large gaseous diffusion atomic energy plant in Oak Ridge Tennessee. AEC Chairman David Lilienthal said the proposed addition will expand capabilities at the site.

Oak Ridge, Tenn Gittels and Wallet Inc Detroit Atomic Energy Commission AEC David E.lilienthal

Fatal Truck Collision Near Dadeville

L. M. Sturdivent, 20, a black resident, died yesterday after a crash involving two trucks on a highway about six miles southeast of Dadeville Alabama. The accident occurred near Dadeville with no further details released.

Dadeville Ala L. M. Sturdivent

Uranium Plant Lauded as Nation's Major Production Facility

A damaged OCR extract notes a plant described as the country’s major facility for production of uranium 235, an atomic bomb ingredient, with a substantial cost estimate and security emphasis.

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