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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1951
Page
10
L R Murphree MD County Health Officer notes high prevalence of fever smallpox and malaria in Morgan County Alabama. He explains why tuberculosis remains poorly controlled due to lack of a preventive vaccine and slow disease progression, stressing early detection, patient cooperation, and public education for prevention and control.
Dr Dale Oldham will be guest speaker for a North Alabama Churches of God rally at Sixth Avenue Church of God on July 24 with 7 30 PM services. Oldham, from Ripley Oklahoma, previously led Dayton Ohio First Church of God and Park Place Church of God in Anderson Indiana. Park Place serves as Church of God headquarters and hosts hundreds of Anderson College students. Fourth of July services at 10 30 AM will be followed by a family picnic and afternoon recreation and singing. Public invitation extended.
Montgomery Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones issued a temporary injunction allowing Southern Railway to keep four trains out of service. The order bars the Alabama Public Service Commission from taking action against the railroad. The trains between Tuscumbia and Chattanooga and between Birmingham and Columbus were removed and not to be returned to those runs.
Vernon Gardner a 56 year old county road supervisor was robbed of his county car an hour before his retirement at a Montgomery Alabama office The vehicle was reported stolen and Gardner had to leave the payroll before it was recovered.
An all day service at Northside Baptist church is announced. The notice urges greater public cooperation and education on disease control to prevent tuberculosis, comparing it with typhoid, smallpox, and diphtheria. The piece stresses community involvement for effective prevention and control.
Alabama Supreme Court strikes down Mobile City ordinance sections that fired firemen and policemen for union membership. The decision upholds a merit act review while allowing city adoption of anti union rules. Separate Ingalls stock dispute decisions also noted.
A series of social visits across Morgan County Tennessee and Decatur Alabama featured Mr. and Mrs. Grady Woodall and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barlow with daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bryan’s kin, and numerous other relatives swapping weekends. Jed McKee hosting a large church gathering Saturday night. Illnesses noted for Mrs. David Stinson. Oden and Pont er families visiting relatives.
The 42nd NAACP convention reaffirmed opposition to communism and rejected a proposed un-American organizations list. Delegates noted local branches can expel communists, and Oklahoma City was chosen for the 1952 convention. Walter White predicted the next president will be neither Dixiecrat nor reactionary.
The note explains that elephants are strong swimmers and can breathe while submerged by extending their trunks above the water surface, enabling air exchange as they move.
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