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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1946
Page
3
James D. White reports from San Francisco on a foreign view of telephone etiquette in China. He describes how callers insult each other with phrases like hey you lug and how servants prompted rude exchanges by screening calls for their masters.
A newly discovered printed Bible marks fifty years since its English edition began circulating in England. The artifact highlights the spread of vernacular scripture in a period when Latin held sway in scholarly and religious contexts.
A list of citizen to citizen and organization transfers shows varied sums from $1 to $9,000. Names include Iva Mae Alvis Mack Suelins, Dave Denbo Richard E Bucky, Elma Foote W H Martins, Joseph Riley Frank Moon, Gurnie Houston C F Watterson, and many others with amounts ranging up to $9,000.
State Treasurer Walter Lusk reports Alabama's cash balance at $59,519,285.16 as of Friday close, with total liquid assets including $23,321,000 in sinking and trust funds. Investments include $15,200,000 surplus from income tax and $1,776,000 in the tax fund, aiming to pay $18,000,000 of 1933 debt. 1940 business volume up 500 percent since 1939.
An editorial urges Decatur citizens to plan for a better city in 1946 after the war and bond drives. It stresses health and thrift as the base, asks for civic duty, and calls for employing top talent to engineer a solid foundation for future growth.
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