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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1948

Page

9

Deaf Blind Students Highlight Athens Rotary Luncheon

At the Athens Alabama Rotary Club luncheon on Friday a faculty member and two students from the Alabama School for Deaf and Blind Children at Talladega demonstrated skills. A blind pupil read braille and performed piano pieces while a deaf student showed lip reading and delivered a speech. Buddy Marlowe, a local blind youth who runs a courthouse stand, was honored.

Athens Ala Athens Rotary Club Alabama School For Deaf and Blind Children Talladega W. A. Caughran Buddy Marlowe Talladega School

Byram Named Agricultural Industries Placement Specialist

Athens resident C R Byram has been named Agricultural Industries Placement Specialist with the local Employment Security office. He will begin duties Tuesday and assist farmers in finding suitable help and farms or jobs for tenants or farm laborers. Dairies gins nurseries and other farm establishments will also get worker placement aid.

Athens Ala C. R. Byram C. V.ans Byram

GI loan details for veterans explained in Decatur notice

This article explains the Veterans Administration GI loan guarantees and the veteran's responsibilities. It covers how the VA approves loans, the appraisal role, construction standards, liability for losses, and where veterans can obtain further information at the Decatur VA Office, Gordon Drive.

G. I Veterans’ Administration Decatur

Private labs approved for pre marital blood tests in Alabama

The Alabama Health Department provisionally approved 19 private laboratories to test blood samples under the new pre marital blood testing law, announced by Dr. H P Sawyer director of laboratories.

Montgomery Ala State Health Department Alabama

DAILY CROSSWORD ACRO AND CRYPTOQUOTE QUOTE

Crossword puzzle clues listed with across and down entries covering minerals languages and wordplay. Includes cryptogram quote by St Gregory "Faith has not merit where reason supplies the proof" distributed by King Features Syndicate.

King Features Syndicate, Inc

Danger Of War Now Seen As Very Real Threat

Washington officials describe the world crisis as a push for non military measures to avert another world war. Secretaries Marshall Forrestal and Royall testif y on Capitol Hill with Eleanor Roosevelt urging strength but warning war must be prevented by political and economic action. Air policy commission foresees phase I risks plus phase II atomic threat, urging reliance on diplomacy and economic aid over a large military buildup.

Washington America Washington. A Marshall Defense Forrestal Secetary Army Royall Air Policy Commission LNCK Salemcha Lake lUgensel Pearl Harbor United States U. S Quantu Forrestal Greece

Abundant sugar prompts whiskey stills in Alabama counties

In Athens Alabama during the week two illegal whiskey stills were found and destroyed by Sheriff J G Sandlin and ABC agents as sugar abundance returns. The report notes one 300 gallon outfit near Rock House Landing and an abridged 200 gallon plant at Barlow near Swancott in the Southern county area.

Athens Ala J. G. Sandlin ABC Rock House Landing Barlow Swancott

Verdict Awarded to Decatur Man

Van Burns of Decatur received a $15,000 verdict from a Jefferson circuit court jury in a suit over injuries suffered while assisting workers at Railway Express Agency and Louisville and Nashville. He volunteered to help unload an express box. the box fell as he turned to leave.

van Burns Decatur Jefferson Circuit Wade Morton Burns Railway Express Agency Louisville and Nashville

Woman Burned in Fire From Reading Paper

Mrs. H. D. Wood 86 was seriously burned today in Birmingham Alabama when a heater set fire to a paper she was reading and ignited her clothing.

Birmingham Ala H. D. Wood Burn

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