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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1950
Page
3
The U S Bureau of Mines reports regular price gasoline averaged 81.9 octane in the summer of 1949 up from 80.1 in 1948. The Fahrenheit temperature scale is named for German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.
In Chicago a new Beltone device lets deafened users hear clearly without a visible receiver button. A phantomold sits deep in the ear with sound sent through a tube from a concealed button in clothing. Beltone offers a free brochure and home test without cost.
Almon Walker of near Somerville asked The Daily to warn residents after a rabid dog killed Saturday morning was found roaming Brooksville Somerville and Center Springs. The head was sent to Tennessee Valley Laboratory in Decatur where rabies was confirmed. Walker worried other dogs bitten and noted the animal appeared as a well kept family pet with a reddish brown Shepherd or cur mix and a collared though unnamed.
Mrs Agnes Baggett of Montgomery announced on Saturday her candidacy for Secretary of State in the May primary. She will take a leave of absence without pay from the Alabama Supreme Court assistant clerk post and has long been active in civic and religious life in Montgomery. Her late husband G Lamar Baggett, a World War I veteran from Pine Hill Wilcox County, was a longtime church board member.
Pfc Arlan Solomon 18 son of Mr and Mrs Tom Solomon Somerville farmer recently spent leave with his parents. He enlisted in the U S Marine Corps October 7 1949 and trained at Parris Island. After boat training he was granted a short leave and ordered to Camp Lejeune where he is assigned to motor transportation.
In Birmingham Alabama a mistrial was declared when jurors could not agree on the degree of guilt for O R Dees a suspended prison warden charged with embezzling prison food and delivering it to a local cafe operator The foreman said 10 jurors found felony guilt while 2 favored misdemeanor Dees testified he provided food to an informer and denied prison officials had forbidden it He earned 225 a month and paid 100 a month in alimony The case followed police seizure of food and nine canceled checks from the cafe operator into Dees during a two month period
Five men including Mobile AFL union leaders were indicted for conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor over an assault on a WABB employee. The Mobile county grand jury returned the charges, and all were released on $200 bond. The strike by AFL technicians has kept the station operating with a picket line since October.
Judge Elbert Boozer of Anniston formally entered the governor race in Alabama. He pledged a common sense, business like plan and urged state rights within the union while stressing the need to protect constitutional work rights and a cooperative federal relationship. He promised to campaign across cities and towns, highlighting Alabama’s vast economic potential and prospects for new industry with state support.
The White House said President Truman will send a special message to Congress on Monday requesting a moderate net tax rise. He has prepared the note with Treasury Secretary Snyder and White House staff, with reports suggesting about 1 billion dollars in new revenue. Speculation centers on higher corporate taxes, estate and gift levies, and some wartime excise tax reductions.
The Haleyville Advertiser will publish twice weekly starting next week, shifting from Thursdays to Tuesdays and Fridays. Publisher Jay Thornton states the paper serves Winston East Marion and Southeast Franklin counties with news for Alabama communities.
Senator Johnston of South Carolina voiced full sympathy with a House resolution to amend the acreage allotment law. He said the measure by Rep. Cooley would likely pass quickly and would rectify inequities in cotton and peanut quotas.
City Commissioner Ernest M Megginson, 59, was treated for a shotgun wound to the left chest near the heart from his own gun during a quail hunt. Doctors say he is not yet out of danger.
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